US contracts usually don't explicitly list policies like this. From my perspective, this means they can't hold you to anything, although the average person seem

US contracts usually don't explicitly list policies like this. From my perspective, this means they can't hold you to anything, although the average person seems to think it means the company can do whatever they want. Either way, I'm pretty clear about my relationship with my employer - if you start asking me to do things, and I don't want to do them, I won't. They can decide if they want to live with that arrangement or not. Some of us outside CA do sign non-compete agreements, though, which is another matter entirely.