[wand3r]

Seems to be a positive thing coming out of the Trump government, all other things being so.

[drpossum]

To be clear: Your is stance that non-compete and stay-or-pay agreements do not interfere with employees' labor rights and that broadening their applicability is good? Because that is what happened.

[wand3r]

Ah, I fell prey to the double negative and reread the article. I'll leave my comment for histories sake.

[drpossum]

I have great respect for this response.

[CrimsonRain]

Do you have to sign noncompete before joining the job or after?

If before, why not find another job? Is anyone forcing you to accept a job with noncompete?

If after, they should be banned.

[crooked-v]

> Is anyone forcing you to accept a job with noncompete?

If every job has a noncompete, the alternative option is to starve.

Jobs with noncompete clauses now include things like fast food counter work (https://thecounter.org/biden-targeting-non-compete-agreement...).

[CrimsonRain]

If every job has noncompete, either people are OK with it or there are not enough jobs (supply/demand) or you are not good enough (companies will bend over backwards otherwise).

Alternative is to start your own company and don't use noncompete.

[fnimick]

And if companies collude together to all agree to use non-competes to depress salary (reminder that this has already occurred), what would you recommend?

[jfengel]

Going to the federal government to .... ohhhhh ...

[CrimsonRain]

Open your own company.