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> In the US, many companies have exclusivity clauses in the employment contract In 25 years of professional work in tech over several employers, I’ve never see
by abtinf 1y ago
> In the US, many companies have exclusivity clauses in the employment contract
In 25 years of professional work in tech over several employers, I’ve never seen such a clause.
- dahart 1y agoI guess you’re lucky, TYL. Just checking since most people don’t read their employment contracts carefully - have you actually checked for exclusivity clauses? Are you talking about full time engineering work, or something else? Exclusivity clauses are less common for part time work, contract work, and labor jobs. I’ve seen both exclusivity clauses and non-compete clauses for multiple jobs, both at large established companies (e.g. Disney) and for smaller startups. Microsoft, Apple, Google, and a bunch of others famously got busted colluding to avoid hiring from each other, and the employment contracts at the time also had exclusivity clauses. I know because mine did, and I received a payout from the settlement of that lawsuit.