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I suspect a lot of these do not hold up in court. In fact, I believe NY is very favorable to the employee in overly broad non-compete agreements.
by mdellavo 10y ago
I suspect a lot of these do not hold up in court. In fact, I believe NY is very favorable to the employee in overly broad non-compete agreements.
- johnward 10y agoThe problem is that a low level employee doesn't have the money to fight something like this. The simple fact that they can be litigated is enough.
- adrr 10y agoWould a company spend money to enforce it? With non poaches, worst thing i've seen was a threatening note from a lawyer. No one wants to spend the money to take it court.
- johnward 10y agoUsually my answer is no. I sign them and then, personally, complete disregard them because I think it's highly unlikely a company would enforce it on a low level employee like myself. The fact that they could try is usually enough to scare smaller employers away from even trying though. Most sentiment seems to be that they "would never hold up in court". Every once now and then a case does come up though http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/amazon-sues-ex-employee-who-went-to-work-for-google-cloud/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/amazon-sues-ex-em...
- sehugg 10y agoI know at least one corporate attorney that says flipping burgers would be a breach of your non-compete as far as he's concerned, i.e. "we reserve the right to intimidate you"