I have been in sales all my life. This is a scenario. I employ a sales person. Together we develop a territory. Now remember it costs money to develop a territory. Many times it takes a few years where the company does not see a return on that investment. They continue to pay that person in the hopes it will pay off. It is called an investment. Finally the territory is making money and a competitor swoop’s in and offers that person a lot more money to cover that same region. Not they can because they have put no investment in that person. My point here is it costs money to bring on new people. Even if they are highly skilled every company has its own way of doing things. There is also proprietary information that the employee can use to comprise your business. He or she knows your pricing, delivery schedule, how you operate. A non compete is a way to protect employers against losing all the time and money they invest in employees. This goes for all professions. If an employer fires an employee that’s different. That employee has the right to work where they choose, unless they agree to conditions in a severance agreement. But employees just job hopping for more money need to be responsible for the employer that trained them.

I have been in sales all my life. This is a scenario. I employ a sales person. Together we develop a territory. Now remember it costs money to develop a territory. Many times it takes a few years where the company does not see a return on that investment. They continue to pay that person in the hopes it will pay off. It is called an investment. Finally the territory is making money and a competitor swoop’s in and offers that person a lot more money to cover that same region. Not they can because they have put no investment in that person. My point here is it costs money to bring on new people. Even if they are highly skilled every company has its own way of doing things. There is also proprietary information that the employee can use to comprise your business. He or she knows your pricing, delivery schedule, how you operate. A non compete is a way to protect employers against losing all the time and money they invest in employees. This goes for all professions. If an employer fires an employee that’s different. That employee has the right to work where they choose, unless they agree to conditions in a severance agreement. But employees just job hopping for more money need to be responsible for the employer that trained them.

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