"...there have been a few cases where a person has moved very far away, but the product of the second company was sold in the same market as the first..."
I do wonder about these n-c's. I work on websites with a global audience. Technically, it would seem that no matter where I work I would be cramping my former employer's style. Practically, no-one has given me any serious grief after I change jobs.
The last place I worked in was a small web design company in England, which paid a solicitor for a standard employment contract with the non-compete section which, after fruitless arguments, I signed.
Some months later, one employee left and started a web design company 100 miles away. The directors weren't too worried. Then I left and started doing the same internet tech thing 40 miles away, but in a whole different country (Wales). The directors were annoyed. Another employee left and started his own company 5 miles away, taking another member of staff and a couple of clients with him. The directors had an embolism and tried to sue him, but were thwarted by threats of a counter-sue: they had left a stream of invective on his voicemail.
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I do wonder about these n-c's. I work on websites with a global audience. Technically, it would seem that no matter where I work I would be cramping my former employer's style. Practically, no-one has given me any serious grief after I change jobs.
The last place I worked in was a small web design company in England, which paid a solicitor for a standard employment contract with the non-compete section which, after fruitless arguments, I signed.
Some months later, one employee left and started a web design company 100 miles away. The directors weren't too worried. Then I left and started doing the same internet tech thing 40 miles away, but in a whole different country (Wales). The directors were annoyed. Another employee left and started his own company 5 miles away, taking another member of staff and a couple of clients with him. The directors had an embolism and tried to sue him, but were thwarted by threats of a counter-sue: they had left a stream of invective on his voicemail.
Unlucky, really.