^ My thoughts exactly. > The Obama administration on Tuesday also urged states to ban non-compete agreements that are not proposed before a job offer or promot

^ My thoughts exactly. > The Obama administration on Tuesday also urged states to ban non-compete agreements that are not proposed before a job offer or promotion is accepted and said employers should not be able to enforce the agreements when workers are laid off. It's unclear to me if the empathized part was meant to be a general statement, so that could affect tech workers.