It's not illegal by any means, it's ability to be enforced is questionable though given precedent. Look at any tech firm with CEOs whom used to be with their fi

It's not illegal by any means, it's ability to be enforced is questionable though given precedent. Look at any tech firm with CEOs whom used to be with their firm's competitor; That's a large chunk of chief legal officer work, getting new hires out of the non-competes by proving the contract was not enforcable in the eyes of an average reasonable person in that locale. But...FF employees won't have a dedicated lawyer, unless there's some frivolous class action that doesn't truly represent the employees. I think, we'd all be surprised to find that many "illicit" things aren't illegal at all, but rather would get struck down in a civil court if sufficiently challenged, and that much of our economy is driven by that.