If a company bars you from working for a competitor, it should be forced to continue to pay your salary during the blockade. That way, the non-compete actually

If a company bars you from working for a competitor, it should be forced to continue to pay your salary during the blockade. That way, the non-compete actually costs the company something, so they don't just apply them as a blanket, and the employee doesn't have the risk of not finding a job due to the non-compete.