When I want to leave a company and look for a new job, I hate non-competes. When I want to stay at a company and a good co-worker quits to go work for a compet

When I want to leave a company and look for a new job, I hate non-competes. When I want to stay at a company and a good co-worker quits to go work for a competitor, I love non-competes. When I want to stay at a company and a toxic co-worker quits to go work for a competitor I cheer that a non-compete did not block that move. And yes, I’ve been in this situation and the toxic employee was CEO of the start-up. I’m pretty sure the competing start-up he went to failed because he went there. Smartest move the start-up I was at ever made to let him go there. I think the best solution is for companies to make damn sure that good employees don’t want to leave to work for a competitor, instead of making them sign a non-compete, especially before you really know if they are toxic or not.