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Re:FTC Proposes Banning Noncompete Clauses for Workers by QuercusMax on Thursday January 05, 2023 @01:33PM (#34264293)
Only thing that comes to mind is a scenario where a sales person goes to another company and takes all their sales leads with them. This happened at a previous employer, at which time they instituted noncompetes for all the salespeople and most of the engineering force.

They forgot to have me and several other very senior engineers sign the noncompete, which was extremely hilarious to me when I went to another company in roughly the same industry and my old boss asked me about it...

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Re:FTC Proposes Banning Noncompete Clauses for Workers by flakiness on Thursday January 05, 2023 @01:54PM (#34264613)
Any stories after that conversation?
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Re:FTC Proposes Banning Noncompete Clauses for Workers by QuercusMax on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:02PM (#34264766)
Not really. My new job was in CA which doesn't honor noncompetes, so they really didn't have a leg to stand on. Mostly just funny.
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Re:FTC Proposes Banning Noncompete Clauses for Workers by henryfjordan on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:24PM (#34265110)
It matters more where your old company is than your new one. If you work in a state that does allow non-competes and move to a new job in CA which does not, your old employer can come after you in their/your old home state courts where CA law does not matter one bit.
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