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This is nothing new. Amazon has attempted to enforce their non-compete clauses again and again, often losing but causing financial burdens on the individuals an
by driverdan 9y ago
This is nothing new. Amazon has attempted to enforce their non-compete clauses again and again, often losing but causing financial burdens on the individuals and their new employers. Just another reason why you shouldn't work for Amazon.
- austenallred 9y agoIt also makes former Amazon employees radioactive; if you're an employer and you know you might get sued by hiring someone from Amazon, you might pass.
- knd775 9y agoHopefully it works differently than that. As in, prospective employees don't want to be 'infected' by Amazon, so they don't start working there. Obviously this is a long shot, but if this happened often enough to become a problem for Amazon, they might remove the non-compete clause from their employment contracts.
- indogooner 9y agoYeah that's why I chuckled after reading this - “This feels more like a general bullying behavior that you usually see from legacy ‘Day Two’ companies,”. Agree that this pisses off not just prospective hires but also existing employees.
- LinuxBender 9y agoAre there documented cases of them going after non C-Level folks? If so, their legal team must be massive.