Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he takes Google Cloud job

Post by nightcracker » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 5:45 PM UTC

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It's quite an interesting strategy and for all Amazon's "long-termism", it's a strategy that seems quite short-term focused. It may make their current employees decide not to leave, but it may also lower morale and make future recruits not join. Talk to decision makers deciding which database to buy and see their thoughts about Oracle. Many have been around for decades and have worked for or with the company and refu…

Amazon's non-compete was the deciding factor for me not to join the company. I went through all steps of the recruitment process, but bailed out after receiving the offer. I've had a chat with the hiring contact and I did tell them that I was concerned about the NCA, but they simply waived those away telling me "it's not a big deal". Funnily, even though they were asking if they could change something in the offer to…

Post by BrandoElFollito » Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 8:34 PM UTC

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This wouldn't be able to happen in EU as well. Previous employer can't force you to not being able to offer your services in the job market. They can pay you instead.

It's usually unwise to speak in general terms about the EU. It's 27 different legal systems, after all. For instance, in the Netherlands non-compete clauses are enforceable, though with some restrictions [1]. [1] https://www.rechtspraak.nl/Onderwerpen/Concurrentiebeding