[bumby]

>If you leave the shop you can't work within 30 miles

I know one person who worked in sales and was banned from selling in an entire region of the country. She was completely open about this when being recruited by another employer. That new employer appeared completely willing to work around the non-compete clause to bring her onboard.

That was, until she was actually hired and she was almost immediately pressured to sell throughout the forbidden area. When she said she was willing to, but only if the new employer would sign an agreement to cover any of her associated legal fees, they eventually backed off on the demands.

These situations always seem to push the risk to the employee to the benefit of the employer.