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afaik (talk to your lawyer when changing jobs! they're really not that expensive!) non-competes are unenforceable in the vast majority of cases in CA. There ma
by x0x0 10y ago
afaik (talk to your lawyer when changing jobs! they're really not that expensive!) non-competes are unenforceable in the vast majority of cases in CA. There may be limited exceptions for executives. There is even a question if asking for it invalidates the entire employee agreement.
- dchichkov 10y agoYes. That is true. Over-complicated contracts, that can not be enforced. And required step of talking to a lawyer, before accepting an engineering contract in a startup. This is exactly why forward looking entities, like YC should look at it, and standardize it in a reasonable way. Rewarding risk of employees, founders and investors alike. Non-competes, as far as I understand, are not enforcible, in the job contract. The area is pretty gray, if it is in the conditions are on the equity/options ownership. And obviously that's what the companies are doing - moving non-competes and IP grabs into the equity ownership, because, it is non-enforcible in the work contract.