To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete Pacts
I&#x27;ve been fortunate enough to have an employer with no non-compete, but in the past with my first job out of college I just signed everything and was under one for a year after leaving.  My thought process now is that a non-compete is just another thing to negotiate during the hiring process.  I&#x27;m happy to sign one but I will absolutely require that I&#x27;m compensated at least for a year of salary, benefits, etc. while under the non-compete.  It&#x27;s only fair that if you&#x27;re asking me not to work for a year that I can actually sustain myself and my family.  Employers are just coasting off the fact that people will sign these things and ask for nothing in return--once people realize it&#x27;s negotiable (even if you just plain walk from that job opportunity to something else) employers will have a much tougher time with them IMHO.