[fkarg]

Non-competes shouldn't be a thing for most employees.

[eru]

Unemployment in eg the US is fairly low. So you can pick companies which have less stringent non-competes (or non at all).

[neilwilson]

Jobs on offer are fewer than number of unemployed.

Therefore jobs are scarce.

Only when there is a vast surplus of jobs will competition do the work. Until then you need regulation.

[sophacles]

And regulators that dont cite "low unemployment" when they raise interest rates.

[eru]

They actually do, from time to time.

[SenAnder]

Limiting yourself to voting with your wallet/feet, while corporations use every trick in the book, is like trying to win at chess using only pawns.

[toomuchtodo]

Labor rights shouldn’t be governed by employment metrics.

[marcus0x62]

Or we could not allow unconscionable contract terms.

[AlchemistCamp]

When I go back to the US, I pick states by which have limited non-competes.

[eru]

That's a fair point. Competition between states to attract people (and business) is good.