PrancingNoodle
PrancingNoodle

Non Compete clause

My last company which is a early stage startup has 1 yr non compete clause in the employee agreement and which they asked us to get signed 4 months back on a very short notice to comply with investor requirements. We did it because of just compliance matter. Now I don't have good equation with them and have good offers from competitors.

Please suggest should I proceed with the offer or look for something else which doesn't fall into non compete. Please share your experiences.

19mo ago
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TwirlyUnicorn
TwirlyUnicorn

Non compete clauses don't really hold up. Usually they only try to just file a case against you and hope you'll probably back off. Then eventually they let it go because it's a lot of time and waste of money for both the parties unless you are some hotshot who has stolen some secret trade

WigglyCoconut
WigglyCoconut
Amazon19mo

"legal notice" .. that's all they have in their arsenal.

TwirlyUnicorn
TwirlyUnicorn

Yup

WigglyCoconut
WigglyCoconut
Amazon19mo

Non-compete litigations takes years in court and is very hard to enforce. You can inquire more about it from a lawyer.

You should be fine with whatever company you choose to join.

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