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Sure. But it a company wants to sue you just for the hell of it, then whether or not you signed a non-compete is irrelevant. Maybe you negotiated this out of yo
by stale2002 8y ago
Sure. But it a company wants to sue you just for the hell of it, then whether or not you signed a non-compete is irrelevant. Maybe you negotiated this out of your contract, but they decide to sue you anyway.
The better solution to all of this is not to "ignore" the non compete risk, it is instead be to simply lie to your former employer.
What are they going to do? Hire a private investigator to track down all ex employees, to see if they have another job? Probably not.
It is pretty easy to get away with this stuff if an employee really feels like it.
- wpietri 8y agoThe notion is not that you get sued for the hell of it. It's that you get sued for commercial advantage. You get sued to make an example of somebody, so that all the employees know they'll ruin somebody if they find out they're working for a competitor. That somebody has decent odds of getting away with something is only relevant if the punishment not terrible. But a 95% chance of not getting sued is not great if when you are sued it's $100k in expenses and two years of incredible stress. Will some people do it anyhow? Sure. But most people won't, and that's what bullshit noncompetes are after.