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Find another company to work for and then have a Chinese wall between work and home. Non-competes are basically illegal in the UK and most employers should be a
by simonbarker87 7y ago
Find another company to work for and then have a Chinese wall between work and home. Non-competes are basically illegal in the UK and most employers should be able to say “don’t work on X areas”. Remind them that work you do in your own time will benefit them as well.
I have none of my personal project code on my work laptop, I’ve never searched or thought about personal project work on it and I never take professional development time in work hours (unlike many other members of staff).
I’m at work to work for the company, I’m at home to work on myself. I never blur the lines, the downside to this is that my employer massively benefits from my time investment at home but oh well, it makes me better at my job and so I’m happier.
- mprev 7y agoThere are circumstances in which non-competes are enforceable in the UK. Even if it doesn’t technically apply to your situation, it can end up with a court deciding. At the least, a bloody minded employer can make it too expensive and painful to hire you by taking out an injunction against the new employer. Sadly, thinking non-competes don’t apply in the UK has led people to sign them glibly and then face problems later.
- simonbarker87 7y agoInteresting - I’ve been given the advice twice UK UK solicitors when signing VC deals that non-competes are unenforceable in the UK and not to bother fighting to remove them (we will did on the first raise and the VC took it off). I think the main argument used by the solicitor is that it’s illegal to stop someone from making a living. I’m not a lawyer, just going on experience here. You may well be correct