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Re:Amazon added a non-compete after the employee entered the... by mikro2nd on Sunday June 14, 2020 @11:31AM (#23518397)
Likewise, if you get hired by Amazon in Cape Town, it's illegal. In South Africa non-competes are only legally valid for top-tier exec-level positions, and even then maybe not.
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Re:Amazon added a non-compete after the employee entered the... by pinkfoot on Sunday June 14, 2020 @01:14PM (#23519421)
This is incorrect, non-competes in South Africa (I got advice on it once for a gig there) are enforcable is they are reasonable.

For example, if the company pays you your old salary for a year after you leave, the non-compete with be enforceable.

If they just part ways with no reasonable exchange of value for the non-compete period, all you have to claim is this is how you make your crust.

Those folk have a serious legal consititution.

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