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I think you're still giving too much away: you're saying that a past employer has the right to block you from other employment opportunities (so long as they pa
by neilv 2y ago
I think you're still giving too much away: you're saying that a past employer has the right to block you from other employment opportunities (so long as they pay some predetermined amount).
Instead, how about get rid of noncompetes entirely. If someone doesn't want you to go to be employed by a competitor of theirs, they'll have to make you a deal (employment, or other contract) that you'll accept at that time. No past noncompete clause in an imbalanced power dynamic required.
(Side note: This would also be incentive for companies to go back to inspiring loyalty, by example. And not hiring mercenaries who will hop at the next better deal.)
- kstrauser 2y agoI'm all for this arrangement: As long as you keep paying me my full salary, and I keep accepting it, I won't work for anyone else. If you stop paying me, or I stop accepting the money, I can go work for anyone else I choose to. If that happens to look like me sipping a pina colada on a beach in Bali while you're paying me to do nothing, so be it. You're paying my salary for me not to work for another company. I think that's the only fair non-compete.