Avow-CI Is No More

Re:Avow-CI Is No More by worklogin on Monday April 14, 2014 @01:44PM (#7587625)

So you must also support non-compete clauses. If I work for Google, I shouldn't be able to quit and work for Microsoft, right? How dare I take all my knowledge and apply it elsewhere?

The implications are the same, and in both cases, I am on the side of the employee.

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Re:Avow-CI Is No More by Silhouette on Monday April 14, 2014 @02:30PM (#7587917)

So you must also support non-compete clauses.

Why would you think that? It's a completely different situation.

For the record, I have no problem with restricting someone from using trade secrets or disclosing other confidential information they learned as part of one job for the benefit of another (probably competing) employer.

I do have a problem with saying if you quit one job you can't then even work in the same industry for some period afterwards, unless a suitable amount of consideration is given in return.

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