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Am I the only one who doesn't add any inventions and doesn't care about a non-compete clause because I will never honor it and come at me bro if you want to try
by andirk 4y ago
Am I the only one who doesn't add any inventions and doesn't care about a non-compete clause because I will never honor it and come at me bro if you want to try to enforce it?
I respect making sure the company doesn't steal someone's previous IP and I respect a company guarding their own IP. But I also respect that a person can work wherever the f they want without a previous company having any say.
- mywittyname 4y ago> and come at me bro if you want to try to enforce it? I spoke to an employment lawyer who told me in pretty clear terms: the company can come after you to enforce one if they like; it's a tossup as to whether or not it will be upheld; and regardless, it will cost a pretty penny to fight. I'd personally would not want to have that hanging over my head.
- paxys 4y agoYou're not the only one, but this kind of "I'm a sovereign citizen!" defense also won't hold up in court for a second if the company actually wants to come after you. The vast majority of people don't run into such issues simply because they aren't important enough and/or haven't produced anything of value to waste a lawyer's time over.
- yellowapple 4y agoI just list my GitHub/Bitbucket/Sourcehut/etc. user pages and my website and say "everything listed at these URLs". I've yet to get any complaints about that.
- andirk 4y agoMy Attorney General and my state fully agree with me in no uncertain terms thanks [0]. Feel free to add all those "we're not responsible at all!" clauses that ski resorts add which are also not enforceable. Thanks for the downvotes. [0] https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-reminds-employers-and-workers-noncompete-agreements-are https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bont...
- squokko 4y agoYes, if you produce no IP then nobody is really going to care what you do or don't do