For my current consulting job I signed a contract with a non-compete clause for 1.5 years (and a similar relation clause - which forbids me to work with any rel

For my current consulting job I signed a contract with a non-compete clause for 1.5 years (and a similar relation clause - which forbids me to work with any relation of my employer for 1.5 years). I did discuss this with both my employer and friends in the industry. In the end my employer convinced me that it's non-negotiable and standard in consulting (which, I think, is true). This is kind of bitter, as I plan to leave this company after half a year (work is not challenging, I feel lonely since the rest of my team is offshore, not happy with the pay, 3 hour commute every day, many unpaid hours). I don't assume my employer will start a fuzz, since it's a nice company in general (just not for me). However, I can imagine that this could be a major problem if I left the company on bad terms (since they are basically a vanilla IT company, and most companies could be a client or relationship).