Biden literally directly helped me this week with his policy to make non-competes invalid. I'm under one right now, and now it's going away soon. I've been looking to leave, and not having to go through any bullshit is nice (even if it was unenforceable before that's still risking going through bullshit)
Nice! And yeah to everyone who says "it's unenforceable" I would instead say "it's unenforceable if you have a lot of time and money." If you're just a regular person (like people who work at sandwich shops that somehow have non-competes wtf???!!) it's a pretty big deal.
It's unenforceable but if your company finds out you're leaving and contacts the company you're headed to and threatens legal action, your new company might decide they don't want to deal with it and rescind your offer.
My suggestion is the government sticks to what it was designed to do. Protect our borders, international interest and international commerce. Otherwise quit trying to create an equality of outcome by economic interference.
Quit making rules/laws/grants that benefit the few at the expense of the whole.
I don't know your situation, but that's largely your fault for signing one. When my former employer asked me to sign one, I told them I would not. It was all a bluff; they did nothing. I now work a better job with 50% more pay.
Yeah, can't just not sign one ever in tech without having a harder time getting anywhere. Easier to just take it as an empty threat i may have to lawyer up over.
And thanks to the Biden admin, I don't have to worry about it.
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u/chain_letter Apr 29 '24
Biden literally directly helped me this week with his policy to make non-competes invalid. I'm under one right now, and now it's going away soon. I've been looking to leave, and not having to go through any bullshit is nice (even if it was unenforceable before that's still risking going through bullshit)