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Re:Fired? Speak No Evil by crusso on Friday January 03, 2014 @11:51AM (#7006420)
Maybe you didnt't read it carefully

You're accusing me of not reading something carefully when you're not considering the context of the quote to which I was responding -- which was specifically talking about the previous poster's advice to PROGRAMMERS?

and are widely considered unenforcable

Unless I was planning to really go after my ex-employer as some kind of vendetta, I wouldn't worry about a Non-disparagement agreement's enforceability. They're no more of a worry than non-compete agreements.

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Re:Fired? Speak No Evil by gamerdonkey on Friday January 03, 2014 @12:25PM (#7006652)
Non-compete agreements may not be the best example for you. They can have large impacts on employees (http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/non-compete-agreements-10...) and far-reaching effects on entire regions (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071204/005038.shtml).
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Re:Fired? Speak No Evil by dreamfactory on Friday January 03, 2014 @06:04PM (#7008885)
That's precisely why they are usually legally worthless, where they act as a restraint on trade for the individual concerned.
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