[fallingknife]

They don't have that authority, and nobody ever said they did. However, if you sign a contract saying that you will do something in return for money, the general rule is that you are obligated to follow that as long as it is not explicitly banned.

[consteval]

> as long as it is not explicitly banned

AND as long as it's reasonable and well-understood. If I put something ridiculous in there, like "you can't ever work again after this", that doesn't fly.

[johnnyanmac]

>as long as it is not explicitly banned.

which this was going to do...

Non-competes for anyone below director level is beyond useless and simply an abuse of employees.