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If you want your employees to stay, and to contribute their ideas to you instead of running off to your competitors or starting their own companies, it's so so so much better to just treat your employees better than the bind them legally.
"The law clearly violates corporate equal protection under the 14th Amendment and I am just waiting for a client to ask me to challenge the law." Couldn't have picked a more biased source ;)
"Corporate Personhood" is such a horrible idea that it just doesn't make any sense at all.
EDIT: for clarification, the 14th amendment refers to Person(s)/People, not corporations specifically... which is where my statement was coming from. It may not be a popular subject, but the fact is that corporation rights exceed that of people at this point.
Wish NY did the same. In NY they get to own all your ideas both at work and "off the clock."
As I understand it, non-competes are very hard to enforce and are more of an intimidation tactic than anything else. You cannot be prevented from earning a living the only way you know how given the demand for your skills. If you're bound by a non-compete and the only (or the best) job available is with the competition, you shouldn't be afraid to take it, and the courts will side with you if someone goes after you (w…
Washington and Massachusetts (states with significant high-tech employee bases) are also very friendly to employers in enforcing non-competes. (IANAL)
Why is this limited to just the high-tech industry?
Wish NY did the same. In NY they get to own all your ideas both at work and "off the clock."
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Housing maybe, although not the stuff I have imagined in my head. Everything else is really expensive in hawaii though because of shipping costs and lack of scale.
Cost of stuff is only important if you spend all of your money on stuff. With a tech salary, the cost of food going up 15% should be nothing compared to the rent you will save.
I totally understand why some large companies would put their IT hubs in Texas or Arizona now. Relative to the cost of living, we have it pretty good here.. I don't want to be outside in June, July or August though.
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Your problem is when someone you have a good relationship with is seduced by something hotter and sexier.
I can see why's that would be frustrating, but my employees are not "mine" - so they are free to go at any time and hence, I need to treat them well. If an employee is seduced by an offer that doesn't work out - they can (and have) come back and can bring back what they learned. One of the thing that I learned from such exits an re-entryies is that money is not always the best motivator - I used to run really lean to…
It's great to hear someone articulating that point on HN. There is too often a constant stream of suggestions to the effect employees are a form of chattel.
Wish NY did the same. In NY they get to own all your ideas both at work and "off the clock."
It's simple. Don't sign a contract with ridiculous clauses like that. Demand for good engineers is high enough that it won't prevent you from finding a job.