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NDAs (Non-disclosure agreements) are more common. As stated above, what an employer really doesn't want is its intellectual property, etc. being taken by an ex-employee.
I think a simple trip to a lawyer to discuss the agreement (the fee would probably be $100) to see if there was even a problem would have been better that sitting on a couch for two years.
Bottom line: slavery is illegal in all 50 states. If no consideration (compensation) is being provided, there is no contract to provide a service or non-service to a non-employer.
"Most jurisdictions in which such contracts have been examined by the courts have deemed them to be legally binding, so long as the clause contains reasonable limitations as to the geographical area and time period in which an employee of a company may not compete. Courts have held that, as a matter of public policy, an individual can not be barred from carrying out a trade in which he has been trained except to the extent that is necessary to protect the employer."
So I doubt he was banned from working anywhere in the world for 2 years.
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First off, I never said that he was banned from working
anywhere in the world.
The problem is that he was specifically banned from working [i]within his industry[i]. Obviously he could have gone to work in an entirely different industry. But that's precisely the point - the nondisclosure prevented him from taking another job within the very industry in which he had spent his entire adult life studying for and obtaining experience within. To go to another industry would basically mean starting his career over.
That's the problem.
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Sorry, I could not find Marx, et al.
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You didn't look very hard if your research is restricted simply to Wikipedia.
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-042.pdf The Power of the Noncompete Clause — HBS Working Knowledge Quote:
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Anyway, I'm not very interested in someone's supposed problem (brought on by himself). I'm just extremely skeptical.
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I would dispute the notion that he truly brought this problem onto himself. I personally think that noncompetes ought to be completely illegal, as they are in some states (notably California).