Non compete agreements
I just had an interview with a company that is a competitor of the company I currently work for. I have only been with the company that I work for three months and I signed a non-compete agreement. The product that I sell is not a product that the company I interviewed with sells. Are non-compete agreements ever enforced and what could happen if I were to go to work for a competing company? Thank you for the help.
It really depends on what the non-compete agreement says. You need to read it carefully and you'll probably find the answers you're seeking. Not to give you a smart answer, but there would be no such document as a "non-compete" if companies didn't intend to enforce them or if there were always unenforceable. To be honest, I don't think that there's all that much litigation because a former employee violates the terms of a previously signed non-compete, but it does happen. You probably also need to go over the terms of the non-compete with your lawyer before taking the job that's been offered. Whether the non-complete is enforceable or not will depend, in part, on how it's written and how reasonable the terms are. Read it, then have your lawyer read it. Zat help? Paul W. Barada The Negotiation Expert | |
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