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by tomp 783 days ago
Yes this is what top hedge funds do.

Non-competes are enforceable while working for the company (obviously lol), so they just ... keep you working for the company, paying you salary+bonus! (E.g. 1 year+ for Citadel, 3 years for RenTech... old info though...)

It's called "gardening leave".