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That's usually part of the employment contract, so it's not something you'll be shown after having gotten hired, and if it was, it would have even less standing
by frandroid 11y ago
That's usually part of the employment contract, so it's not something you'll be shown after having gotten hired, and if it was, it would have even less standing than if the clause was included in the employment contract.
When I got hired by Microsoft, I was specifically told to get a lawyer to review the contract before I sign it. I did and my lawyer promptly told me the same at the person here, which is that the two non-compete clauses were so broad as to be unenforceable.
When a "partner company" to my MSFT division kept hiring our staff, Microsoft didn't try to enforce the non-competes, but instead threatened to sue the partner if they kept at it.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> That's usually part of the employment contract, so it's not something you'll be shown after having gotten hired, and if it was, it would have even less standing than if the clause was included in the employment contract. It would, if we weren't living in a world where courts had consistently held that things like this changing the employment contract after it begins are just as valid, because continued employment is sufficient consideration for them to be valid (the exception would be if the original employment contract had, e.g., a set term, but that's unusual.)