Non-competes in CA & CO are totally enforceable if: 1 - you are a manager. 2 - you are selling a company. If you are a coder or regular employee, then no, th

Non-competes in CA & CO are totally enforceable if: 1 - you are a manager. 2 - you are selling a company. If you are a coder or regular employee, then no, the non-competes are not worth the paper they are printed on. > The Jimmy John’s agreement prohibited employees during their employment and for two years afterward from working at any other business that sells “submarine, hero-type, deli-style, pita, and/or wrapped or rolled sandwiches” within 2 miles of any Jimmy John’s shop in the United States, according to Madigan’s lawsuit. An agreement in effect from 2007 to 2012 extended that to 3 miles. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jimmyjohns-settlement/jimmy-johns-settles-illinois-lawsuit-over-non-compete-agreements-idUSKBN13W2JA https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jimmyjohns-settlement/jim... 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... They were being sued in IL & NY by the states' attorneys general over the issue.