How do you sign something first and then complain when it gets enforced? Even if she wouldn&#x27;t get fired from her next job, her getting another job in a field covered by non-compete already shows that she didn&#x27;t pay attention to her obligations and easily violated them.<p>I have been in this situation myself: a company that wanted to hire me presented me with a non-compete agreement. I naively think that I should expect contracts and obligations that I sign to actually be upheld by all involved parties, including myself. If I signed it, nobody would fire me from another position — because I don&#x27;t violate contracts that I sign, and I wouldn&#x27;t apply for another position in the same field.<p>Instead, I declined to sign it in the current form, explained my problems with it to an HR, and one day later got an edited agreement that had a non-compete with a reduced scope (only companies making similar products).