re: Non-Compete agreements are now illegal nationwide!

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Imagine the audacity of a business to protect their investment and operations.

How selfish of them.

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It actually very much is selfish, literally by design. Noncompetes are absurd aside from very specific provisions and circumstances.

Also, the vast majority go unenforced so let's all cool the feigned indignation.

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Because non competes are against individuals and totally one sided for the business.

Imagine the audacity of a business to protect their investment and operations.

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I'm guessing it's probably all a wash in the end, or do you envision particular industries where this will have a discernable negative effect on their ability to operate effectively?

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Imagine the audacity of a business to protect their investment and operations.

How selfish of them.

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Should this not apply to the individual as well? Why does the business get to control things and the individual just gets to play along?

Maybe a company makes a ton of money because of an individual.
A company can still patent products and even owns patents that were due to an individual. They shouldn't be able to hold the individual's knowledge/ability hostage.

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Imagine the audacity of a business to protect their investment and operations. How selfish of them.

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they are very one sided is the problem.

i have one sitting on my desk that i still haven’t signed.

if i don’t perform to the level expected of me, they aren’t going to keep me around at my current position/salary.

but if i outperform those expectations, they have no reason to up my compensation, because i’m not a threat to leave (without leaving the industry i’ve been in for over 20 years now).

without the non-compete both myself and the company have motivation to perform at or above expectations.