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Re:The case for banning non-competes by lostapathy on Friday July 16, 2021 @12:42PM (#27858131)
I had an employer hit me with an even more egregious non-compete. It said I couldn't work for 12 months for anyone in a market they were in, or in any market their competitors worked in.

Our little sub-$1million startup was selling devices that competed with devices from a bunch of mega players like Dell, IBM and Amazon. Who's left to work for if you can't work for anyone who competes with Amazon?

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Re:The case for banning non-competes by simfree on Friday July 16, 2021 @05:36PM (#27861514)
I have seen multiple small companies that contribute to the CNCF demand their employees sign noncompete agreements like this.

Even working a retail job would violate this agreement, as that is a market their competitors are in (despite it having no relation to cloud tooling!)

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