Jimmy Johns did have a non-compete until fairly recently, and they only stopped because the NY AG made them[0] Looking at a Five Guys employment application: "

Jimmy Johns did have a non-compete until fairly recently, and they only stopped because the NY AG made them[0] Looking at a Five Guys employment application: "I understand that I may be required to sign a confidentiality and/or non-compete agreement, should I become an employee of {store}"[1] Those are just two I'm familiar with. When employers have the upper-hand over employees, they'll try all sorts of shenanigans to maintain that as long as possible. Surely that can't be a surprise in America. [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/22/jimmy-johns-drops-non-compete-clauses-following-settlement.html https://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/22/jimmy-johns-drops-non-compet... [1] https://jobapplications.net/wp-content/uploads/five-guys-burgers-and-fries-job-application.pdf https://jobapplications.net/wp-content/uploads/five-guys-bur...