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A few years later, I moved to the company's offices in Washington State, where non-competes are …

… A few years later, I moved to the company's offices in Washington State, where non-competes are allowed. Before the move I emailed HR and asked if I needed to sign the WA state employment agreement (with that non-compete clause) and they said "no". I saved that email. Forward a decade, I resigned to work for a competitor. That exit interview was fun . :-) [I was working on completely different stuff at the new company. I do take NDAs and trade secrets seriously].

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lotsofpulpHN

It was sad to see WA leaders kowtow to Amazon and Microsoft and limit the non compete ban to those paid under $100k per year. Should have been copy pasted from California law.

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loegHN

I worked remotely for a multi-state employer in the past. If I was a California employee on my last day, no non-compete. If I was a Washington employee, 1-2 year non-compete. I considered traveling to California to switch job locations and resign.

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rendawHN

They didn't have a new contract for you with the local provisions when you got raises, etc? That's how companies I've worked for have forced new things in.

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sacnoradhqHN

Most states have separate employment agreements depending on their peculiar regs. Remote workers have made this more "fun" for legal to keep up with. I had to have state-specific lawyers review the overall employment agreement and the specifics of the IP clauses around side-ventures and open-source. Workers should be free to employed wherever or start a business that's not lifting IP. These sort of regs needs to harmonized like UCC. California's model is mostly the right one.

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