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So what is the man supposed to do for employment?
by absconditus 16y ago
So what is the man supposed to do for employment?
- tzs 16y agoPresumably Salesforce can find something else useful for him to do for the one year term of the non-compete agreement. It doesn't prohibit him from working at a Microsoft competitor. It only prohibits him from working in a role directly competing with what he did at Microsoft.
- absconditus 16y agoSo basically the role that he is most qualified for. Would Salesforce have hired him if they knew that he could not perform the job for a year?
- spydum 16y agoIt's hard to imagine they were not previously aware of the non-compete. So you can only assume they WERE aware, and just thought they could win, or should challenge it.
- chollida1 16y ago> Would Salesforce have hired him if they knew that he could not perform the job for a year? They essentially did. I doubt very much that Salesforce didn't know about the non compete and they there was a very good chance it would be enforced, since it's not the first time a Microsoft non-compete has been challenged and upheld.
- tptacek 16y agoThere's clearly a myriad of nonconflicting roles that match someone qualified to be the GM of one of the world's largest companies, including "full-time Maserati-driving beach bum".
- rbanffy 16y agoNCAs are very expensive. You won't make me sign one without a huge compensation for it.
- rlpb 16y agoIf it only lasts a year, and he's a GM, and he knew or should have known that the non-compete would be upheld in the state in which he signed it, then he would presumably also have considered his compensation package to be adequate to cover him for that year (or arranged a golden parachute, etc). (and also add the argument already made about other jobs he could do)