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Some employers will not hire you if you have a non-compete that might impact your work for them. It's never been an issue for me, I've only read stories online
by thedevil 11y ago
Some employers will not hire you if you have a non-compete that might impact your work for them. It's never been an issue for me, I've only read stories online. But I have been asked while applying for a job whether I have any non-competes.
It's a risk for you. Even if unlikely, there's a non-zero chance that it could screw up your career and hurt you badly. That risk has very real value attached to it. Just like insurance and out-of-money options have real value to them.
- nitrogen 11y agoLong ago a company I worked for had to terminate development on an entire product line because an inferior competitor decided to harass its former employees across two different companies, rather than make a better product. One target was a large corp (where I worked), the other was a highly innovative startup. The aggressor had way more money than the startup and killed them with legal fees and discovery costs.
- ghaff 11y agoAs I wrote elsewhere, I used to work for a small firm and we passed on at least a couple folks we were interested in because they had non-competes that to greater or lesser degrees could have been issues. Our business office considered any non-compete that could even potentially come into play a complete showstopper.