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> My business law professor said to just ignore non-competes. Everyone knows the judge will toss it if it's preventing you from earning a living. 'earning a li
by decebalus1 5y ago
> My business law professor said to just ignore non-competes. Everyone knows the judge will toss it if it's preventing you from earning a living.
'earning a living' may be a bit ambiguous. What does that actually mean? Would a judge be able to uphold the noncompete just because you would be technically able to take a job at the Amazon warehouse and earn minimum wage - hence 'a living'? Which is bullshit, btw. But just asking.
- iammisc 5y agoNo. It has to be in your same profession. So if you are fired from being a software engineer and that's how you make a living, the company cannot prevent you from doing software engineering wholesale. They can't even prevent you from working in their particular vertical, unless it is highly restricted in geographic area. However, if you're a software engineer for vertical X and that's how you make your living, then they can't prevent you from taking a job in that vertical. Things change a bit if you know trade secrets.