The case for banning non-competes
I have never signed a non-compete.  An employer sent me home with an envelope full of employment paperwork once, and it included a non-compete.  I shredded it, and returned everything else signed.  They never noticed until they attempted to enforce it against me when I found a new job, and then they had nothing to stand on.<p>It's one of the first questions I ask when interviewing now, and I treat it as an absolute deal-breaker.