In my state (Idaho) they are legally unenforceable....but still exist in many employment contracts. So, you can add the non-compete to a contract, and sew for

In my state (Idaho) they are legally unenforceable....but still exist in many employment contracts. So, you can add the non-compete to a contract, and sew for infringement, but there is no way for the corporation to win the suit. I've only seen the threat of lawsuit hit once. An employee left to work for a company he was contracted to work with (it was a year prior, but with a different department of a large corporation). The consulting company threatened lawsuit against the former employee. At that point, a number of employees threatened to quit, the story went viral in town, and that company had enormous trouble hiring for several years after that. TLDR: unless you are a company that people are dieing to work for, non-competes will only work against you.