re: How enforceable are non-compete clauses in LA?

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Why oh why would you sign a non-compete?

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TONS of professions sign these. You do it to get the job.

OP they are hard to enforce b/c they are often far too vague. I've seen some enforceable in the fast food industry. Like McDonalds GM may be prevented from working specifically at BK or Wendys in same capacity for a year.

But an engineer or sales manager leaving for a better job will be hard to stop from going to a competitor unless they are named in the contract or they are 100% direct competitors and in same capacity.

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I'm not going to be 'recruiting for sales'... I'm going to work in an HR function internally and won't be trying to place candidates at external companies... It's a similar job, with a different scope.

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Yea you don't need an attorney to babble the BS here. You're going to be fine. They won't sue you.