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Crazy Non-Compete Contracts?

Posted by Cliff on from the gotta-make-a-living-somehow dept.

JL-b8 asks: "I've just encountered a (from what I know) strange occurrence. A group of friends who work for a small web design firm are being forced to sign a non-compete agreement with a clause that prohibits the employee from working with a competing company for 12 months, after the date of their leaving. The owners claim it's a standardly practiced clause, but I don't see how the hell a web developer/designer is supposed to find work in a city for a year, without moving to a completely different city. I'd like more input as to how this weighs in to the rest of the companies out there. Is this a common thing? If you've signed something like this, and had to switch jobs, how did it affect you?"

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  1. Re:Pretty standard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And this is an industry where people change companies as often as their pants.

    Monthly?

  2. Re:Ignore 'em by sconeu · · Score: 2, Funny

    we had a non compete regarding costumers

    Yeah, those people who wear costumes can be a real bitch to work with.

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