Yeah, you don't want to hire a dud. In my case, my manager was particularly fearful about losing me. When I told him that I was entertaining other gigs he plai

Yeah, you don't want to hire a dud. In my case, my manager was particularly fearful about losing me. When I told him that I was entertaining other gigs he plainly told me that "I will black mark you across the industry if you leave." I was young, naive and scared, so I took it seriously (luckily things have improved vastly since). I now know that I would not put him on my CV; instead the myriads of other employees who have interacted with me. This is why those laws are in-place: preventing hostage situations.