I have been a Nurse Recruiter for over 10 years. In 2005 I accepted a position with a local firm and was made to sign a non-compete. For three consecutive years I was their top biller, and two of those, made President’s Club. When the economy turned, my business dried up, and I was not able to …
Non-competition Agreements
Next Draft of Non-competition Legislation — Hearing on October 7
Representative Ehrlich and I are pleased to now publish a next draft for continued input. A hearing on the legislation will be held at 10:30AM on October 7 in Room A-2 in the state house.
Why subsidize corporations through noncompetes?
Recently I spoke with a colleague who has been unemployed for 6 months after being laid off from a large publicly traded employer. He was an individual contributor engineer, working on implementing new features in a fairly mature piece of software; certainly not a position you could consider in any way as having access to strategic …
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Non Compete – Non Existent
In June I left a company I worked at for 7 years. I was being forced to work as much as 80hrs weekly on salary. I have a wife, two kids, one with special needs. Before leaving and at the urging of certain people, I checked my personnel file to ensure I had nothing in …
Continuing the conversation about non-competes
Since the BBO symposium a number of interesting exchanges have occurred by e-mail and in the blogosphere. Here are some links and thoughts.
Non Compete Perversion
Hi Bill, I’ve recently left a company 6 weeks to the day. They are a contract manufacturer serving the medical device industry. I left to go to a competitor. My situation was such that I was being forced to work 70-80hrs each week on salary. I was being held accountable for being a project manager …