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Re:Amazon cloud sales chief sued for going Google by aaronblohowiak on Monday October 29, 2012 @02:59PM (#4713859)
>The ability to earn a livelihood is an inalienable right, and I don't understand how it's legally enforceable to have a contractual clause that negates that right.

If I pay you $325k to sit on your hands for a year and you take a job requiring you to clap all day, you're in breach of contract.. the fact is that the employee is violating the terms of the severance package, not the employment contract. I think there is a meaningful distinction here.

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