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Noncompetes should only be for moon-lighting. For highly skilled employees, or executives I think an NDA for any trade secrets should be enough.
by dec0dedab0de 8y ago
Noncompetes should only be for moon-lighting. For highly skilled employees, or executives I think an NDA for any trade secrets should be enough.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoNon-competes shouldn't exist at all. There's no good reason for a maintenance, food service or custodial worker, or even most programmers (don't kid yourself about how novel the crap you work on is) couldn't work for two competing companies without a conflict of interests. If two competitors could both outsource the service provided by the employee to the same entity without a conflict of interests then it shouldn't be subject to a non-compete. NDAs for trade secrets and reasonable policies on use of company assets and time should be able to cover the edge cases.
- dec0dedab0de 8y agoSure there wouldn't be a conflict of interests, but if I had a business, and I found out one of my employees was working for a direct competitor, it would hurt my feelings. I think it's fair to fire someone who hurt my feelings. And maybe I'm just talking about a policy instead of a noncompete contract.