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For Those Leaving California, Concern About Non-Competes?
With the movement of more tech companies from California to Texas, Florida, etc., are developers at all concerned about non-competes being enforceable in those jurisdictions?
- antasvara 5y agoPutting aside the possibility of non-compete clauses being unenforceable in a new state, would that really be something to be concerned about? Worst case, it's still enforceable and nothing changes.
- toast0 5y agoThe concern is in California, post-employment non-competes are broadly unenforceable; but moving to a different state means non-competes may be enforcable. Does that make it harder to move jobs, is it limiting, can you negotiate them away, etc?
- 999900000999 5y agoOn a personal note, the benefits of leaving California far outweigh any downsides. Mainly instead of being nearly 30k in credit card debt, I have about 2x that in savings and retirement accounts. The only non-competes which are enforceable have a narrow scope. It's not a bad idea to switch industries for a year or so anyway. Like if my last job handled shipping, and they say I can't work in the shipping industry for a year, I'll just work in a different one.
- yuppie_scum 5y agoThere’s plenty of companies that do not compete with your company.
- Jxl180 5y agoI’ve never lived in CA and I’ve never been asked to sign a non-compete.