The thing most companies don't realize is that non competes are extremely hard to enforce. Longest I had was 2 years, and that was just as a sysadmin at a genet

The thing most companies don't realize is that non competes are extremely hard to enforce. Longest I had was 2 years, and that was just as a sysadmin at a genetics company. 5 does seem excessive and likely unenforceable.