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Re:Amazon sues employee for taking Google cloud job, in new ... by namdnay on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @06:10AM (#7976062)
In france, non-compete clauses are legal, but if the company decide to enforce it they have to pay you 50% of your salary. I think it's a good balance.
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Re:Amazon sues employee for taking Google cloud job, in new ... by catwell on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @08:20AM (#7976453)
Usually 20%, not 50%. Also, non-competes must be limited in time and space. They were initially designed for the sales force, not engineers.
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