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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My company puts them on low-level people with none of the leverage that pp's describe.   I think it's pretty crappy to make run-of-the-mill employees sign them.   Fine at the VP level and above where people are involved in long-term strategy and decision-making. [/quote]

[b]Many aren't enforceable. [/b]See, for example, Home Paramount case in Virginia. [/quote]

Varies greatly by state.  They are basically useless in CA, for example.  In general, the broader it is, the less enforceable.  But 'enforcement' is only done in court, and that does not stop lawyers from threatening action, which is often enough to scare people off.  One thing I'll say as an employer - if you have one, disclose it to your new employer before you are hired.  If you do not, and your old employer goes after your new employer, you will look pretty dishonest.  Technical people are the worst on this stuff - they sign whatever is put in front of them and then claim ignorance to the new employer.  I'd dealt with it a few times.  [/quote]

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