On: Noncompete Clauses: Signing Away the Right to Get ...

[etjossem]

This advice is not meant for people who are being paid millions of dollars to respect a non-compete they fully understand and consent to.

[esoterica → etjossem]

Change the numbers by a factor of 10 and the point still applies.

[etjossem → esoterica]

I agree. This is aimed at people who:

- Are fairly new to the industry or are otherwise trying to act in a buyer's market for labor,

- Are being offered market-rate or lower with no extra incentives, and

- Have a potential employer trying to foist a noncompete on them for no particular business reason.

Understand the employer's business model and whether noncompete will be a sticking point for them. If it is, then the situation is very different, and you should be asking for lots of money rather than the clause's removal.