> The rule should be that they can make you not compete, but you must be compensated monthly at your salary level prior to departure. > A non compete without h

> The rule should be that they can make you not compete, but you must be compensated monthly at your salary level prior to departure. > A non compete without having to pay is having your cake and eating it to so to speak. Agreed. Noncompetes and NDAs have become standard boilerplate in job contracts despite being inappropriate in the vast majority of cases. In my opinion, it's an intimidation used by employers against employees: "we don't actually enforce this, unless you do things like leave us a negative review on GlassDoor". Despite being unenforceable where I live, I know several people who have been threatened by their ex-employers. Even if such legal action is frivolous, most people don't have the time or money to spare fight it off, and employers know this. This relates back to the bargening inequality mentioned in another thread.