Now do NDAs.

counterpoint: "I signed an NDA" is an easy cop out if I don't remember or don't feel like talking about what went on at previous jobs in job interviews

Non-competes aren't non-disclosures. Your cover story is safe.
- The poster said "now do NDAs", which is what the parent is referring to

I always thought non-compete agreements were so bizarre. like why would a company get to have any say where I can work after I stop working for them lol. Same vibes as an HOA telling you what color you're allowed to paint your house or how long your grass can be

We have the freedom to enter into contracts, tankie
More like a HOA telling you that you can never paint a house blue again in your life, even after you move out

This is good, but iirc I seem to recall being told in business law years back that most non competes were unenforceable in court

Still, I suppose that's 1 point for this admin, 533,256 against

And companies kept using them anyway, because how many employees know it's unenforceable, or would be able to fight a much larger company trying to enforce it?
I'm expecting more of the same here.
- Yeah...the wording of 'nearly all' non competes being voided worries me as well. I wonder if we'll just see corporations weasel a way around this to keep using them
They've been unenforceable in California and New York for several years now, but I think in other states they were still valid.
- I was thinking less along the lines of being outright nullified by definition, and more them not passing the basic tests, but that's good to know. Looks like a lot of other states also already had conditions outlining their use (at the bottom of that link)

I can go steal all my former clients from my prior employer now lol

EDIT: actually nevermind, that's a non-solicitation agreement which is different from a non-compete.

- I actually can't do this, I forgot I have a non-solication agreement with my former employer for 2 years (meaning I can't poach clients) versus on non-compete (meaning I can't go to a competitor)
- It's funny, I can't help but think Adam Smith would come around to socialism if he saw what capitalism has become in the 21st century.
  Behind every socialist is a disappointed free-market enthusiast.

not if the supreme court has anything to say about it

Now that we only have a handfull of monopolies running the country....

Surprised they didn't do noncompetes are binding, but the top 500 companies are exempt.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-labor-board-limits-gag-clauses-severance-agreements-2023-02-22/

At least the NLRB did put some limits on certain NDA/non-disparaging in severance agreements.

What is a noncompete?

An agreement you’re forced to sign when starting a job saying that if you leave you can’t work for a competitor for x number of years.
- So its the free market
  Edit: people really cant grasp irony here
It basically means you can't go work for a concurrent of your current company for a set period of time after you leave your job.
- The free market manifesting itself

They probably did this for companies so they can take labor from others easier. Side benefit to the workers

So that smarmy youtube guy with puppets is illegal now?

Fucking based.

The only way capitalism can work in any feasible way is if capitalists are doing all the competing, something capitalists promise they're all about but they historically will do anything to avoid competing as much as possible.

So what is the evil thing that is allowed now that this has passed?