In 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 f

In 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.