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EU resident here. It's routine to make employees sign non-compete agreements even when they're known to be unenforceable. The employer is free to sue, but it's
by anilakar 8y ago
EU resident here. It's routine to make employees sign non-compete agreements even when they're known to be unenforceable. The employer is free to sue, but it's generally understood that only managerial level people would end up in trouble.
- ghaff 8y agoThe problem is that smaller businesses in particular may well ask you if you have a non-compete and will simply pass if you do because they can't afford to get into litigation. I worked for a small consulting firm for a number of years and we basically wouldn't touch anyone who had a remotely applicable non-compete. It just wasn't worth the risk.
- maxxxxx 8y agoIn the US the "beauty" of unenforceable agreements is that the employee still has to be afraid of them because a lawsuit will be expensive. Not everyone has a few thousand dollars lying around for a lawyer and the time to pursue the case. This gives the company a huge advantage and an incentive to sneak in such clauses.