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Because excesses finally became so ridiculously over the top that it was finally politically viable to address it. Remember, chain restaurants have started usin

Because excesses finally became so ridiculously over the top that it was finally politically viable to address it. Remember, chain restaurants have started using non-competes to ban servers and cooks from moving to another employer. The situation is finally in the eyes of the general public.

SoftTalker 2y ago
That's just absurd. Non-competes should never apply to commodity-skill jobs. I wonder how often they were ever enforced?
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
  Enforcement does not matter. It is the chilling threat an employer can use against someone without options. If you are flipping burgers for minimum wage and your boss says they can sue you if you leave for a competitor, are you willing to chance it?
  - SoftTalker 2y ago
    If I had no real net worth, yeah probably. What are they going to take? I'd like to see a judge's reaction to a non-compete on a burger-flipping job. Non-competes already get voided if they are too restrictive; you can't prevent someone from earning a living. But yeah, I can see a young kid might be intimidated.
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- no_wizard 2y ago
  They absolutely were, such in the case of Prudential Security[0] [0]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/noncompete-agreement-feds-sue-3-companies-that-prevented-employees-from-leaving-for-competitors/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/noncompete-agreement-feds-sue-3...
Sohcahtoa82 2y ago
> Remember, chain restaurants have started using non-competes to ban servers and cooks from moving to another employer. It's so dystopian that this was ever a thing. Non-competes were supposed to exist to prevent employees from bringing trade secrets to competitors. Instead, they were used to trap people in poorly paying jobs.
jprete 2y ago
I had not heard about the chain restaurants; that is one of the scummiest things I've ever heard and it angers me that it takes place.
banish-m4 2y ago
Never forget: college degree requirements, high housing costs, union busting, salary secrecy, return to office, sub-inflationary raises, 1099 contractors and "temporary" permanent workers, outsourcing, H-1B visas, NCAs, and lack of universal healthcare are just some of the ways corporations lord power over employees to reduce wages and worsen income inequality. (Oh and illegal things like wage theft.)

SoftTalker 2y ago

That's just absurd. Non-competes should never apply to commodity-skill jobs. I wonder how often they were ever enforced?

0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
Enforcement does not matter. It is the chilling threat an employer can use against someone without options. If you are flipping burgers for minimum wage and your boss says they can sue you if you leave for a competitor, are you willing to chance it?
- SoftTalker 2y ago
  If I had no real net worth, yeah probably. What are they going to take? I'd like to see a judge's reaction to a non-compete on a burger-flipping job. Non-competes already get voided if they are too restrictive; you can't prevent someone from earning a living. But yeah, I can see a young kid might be intimidated.
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no_wizard 2y ago
They absolutely were, such in the case of Prudential Security[0] [0]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/noncompete-agreement-feds-sue-3-companies-that-prevented-employees-from-leaving-for-competitors/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/noncompete-agreement-feds-sue-3...

Sohcahtoa82 2y ago

> Remember, chain restaurants have started using non-competes to ban servers and cooks from moving to another employer. It's so dystopian that this was ever a thing. Non-competes were supposed to exist to prevent employees from bringing trade secrets to competitors. Instead, they were used to trap people in poorly paying jobs.

jprete 2y ago

I had not heard about the chain restaurants; that is one of the scummiest things I've ever heard and it angers me that it takes place.

banish-m4 2y ago

Never forget: college degree requirements, high housing costs, union busting, salary secrecy, return to office, sub-inflationary raises, 1099 contractors and "temporary" permanent workers, outsourcing, H-1B visas, NCAs, and lack of universal healthcare are just some of the ways corporations lord power over employees to reduce wages and worsen income inequality. (Oh and illegal things like wage theft.)