Re:The case for banning non-competes
by jedimastert on Friday July 16, 2021 @05:27PM
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The implication isn't that you can't work in the same field, but that you could use inside knowledge trusted to you as an employee to get a leg up, which would be more analogues to taking licks and ideas from a hit album and using them in your own.
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What if that recording studio considered inside knowledge of the publishing industry gained from your employment with them as getting a leg up? That is more-or-less analogous to what a family member was told when asked to sign a non-compete for a job as a grocery store clerk. (To be specific, the company viewed knowing who their supplies were as reason for a non-compete.)