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(1) When most of your existing operations are already in CA, moving to a different state isn't exactly trivial. And if the primary reason you're moving is to en
by andrewfong 9y ago
(1) When most of your existing operations are already in CA, moving to a different state isn't exactly trivial. And if the primary reason you're moving is to enforce a non-compete, I bet it'd make recruitment of the better engineers more difficult.
(2) Even if Google did their engineering in another state, let's say the engineer in question then moves to CA. There's a good chance that CA law would still apply.
- alphonsegaston 9y ago#2 Really depends on how bad they want to come after you. There have been cases where non-competes originating out of state have been enforced here in California. I personally wouldn't want to go up against Google's legal team and their war chest.