Some stores prevent retail workers going to work for a competing store. That's completely bananas - you can't work as a checkout clerk at Krogers if you worked

Some stores prevent retail workers going to work for a competing store. That's completely bananas - you can't work as a checkout clerk at Krogers if you worked at Safeway? If a retail worker is key to your business such that it requires a non-complete, your business model is broken or you're abusing non-competes.