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Question about notice period and non-compete clause in job agreement. (discuss.online)
submitted 3 months ago by dresden@discuss.online to c/AskUSA@discuss.online
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They are basically two questions, but kind of related, so asking in same post

  1. What is the normal notice period in US when resigning? And is it an issue if a company is asking for more than couple of months of notice period?

  2. What is the legal value of non-compete clause in that agreement? That you will not work in the same industry for a set period of time after leaving the company. For example, if you are a software developer working at Netflix, you won't work on any other streaming service / application for set amount of time after quitting / leaving the job.

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[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

When does that level start? Generally speaking.

[–] m_f@discuss.online 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Generally you'll have sign an employment contract that you should check, and have a lawyer look over if it's going to matter. A lot of non-competes on paper are unenforceable, but IANAL.

OTOH, the threat is sometimes good enough. I know a hair stylist that left her job and had to work other jobs for a year. The non-compete was almost certainly unenforceable, but the owner at her previous employer was crazy and petty, and likely would've tried to throw lots of legal resources at it.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's pretty crazy. I think the argument can be made that main skill of Software Engineer is developing software and they can do that in other fields, but for someone like hair stylist not allowed to work in the same field, I can't even imagine that.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

you should talk to the sandwich artists.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If they don't mention it in the interview process, you don't need to worry about it.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I was talking about when they are specifically mentioned in the contact. Though, I did come across https://eig.org/state-noncompete-map/ that lists current status regarding non-compete in different states.