Interesting anecdata: the automotive industry does not actively enforce any of this on engineering talent. Per one of the other comments, I am prevented from at

Interesting anecdata: the automotive industry does not actively enforce any of this on engineering talent. Per one of the other comments, I am prevented from attempting to create a competitive product on my own time during my employment, but that's mostly an IP assignment clause and not directly non-compete. Honestly, they'd love for me to do a bunch of unpaid work that they'll assert ownership over, I'm sure. But, when I quit one of the Big 3 and moved to another (for better career movement, thank god), I didn't even have to live out my 2 weeks because I might steal IP, nevermind that I created a bunch of it, and no non-compete was mentioned. Similarly, lots of engineers move up and down from OEM to supplier and back again, so there's nothing directly tied to that either. The only example that I'm aware of in the industry at large was when Ford partnered with Argo AI, there was an agreement with Argo that they would not hire Ford engineers beyond the initial group going over as part of the partnership. My understanding, having no direct access to any agreements, was that this was fairly time limited, but did prevent me from applying at the time, though in retrospect, I'm grateful since Argo has a bad reputation for chewing up engineers. Final note: I'm curious if some rule along these lines would encourage more actions like the Google/Apple deal that wound up costing them in lawsuits later on -- specifically, would that kind of deal get more enforcement action and more scrutiny because it would be the last refuge after the non-compete if they were severely limited or banned?