[TriLUG] OT Humor (at least to me)

[Warren Myers]

I'd like to point out that NC is a right-to-work state, and non-competes are
*very* hard to enforce (most are actually illegal in NC).

IANAL, YMMV, etc :)

WMM

On 9/28/07, jason watts <jsnthegod at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sadly, this is the approach I am taking.  There is a lot more to my story,
> I
> am just trying not to take this thread to far off topic.
>
> Because they company I was with was starting to branch out into the
> "security field" with firewall management, and I left for a security
> company, They said they have direct grounds to take me to court for
> damages
> to their company (I think he said court costs plus 600 a day for a year)
> because of a non compete that I don't remember signing that he refused to
> provide me a copy of.  The fact that the owner of the company was
> previously
> a lawyer even adds to the fear of even trying.  He also said that the non
> compete stated I am not allowed to hold any job in Charlotte... which I
> think is a crock of !@$3.  But am not willing to push my luck on that
> cause
> I moved to an IT company instead of back to Harris Teeter.
>
> As much as I would love to "stick it to the man" I am taking the safer
> route
> and not doing anything, (except word of mouth... and by word of mouth, I
> don't mean via email)
>
> Sorry for all the thread jacking that's going on :p
>
> jsn
>
>
>
> >From: William Sutton <william at trilug.org>
> >Reply-To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <
> trilug at trilug.org>
> >To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
> >Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT Humor (at least to me)
> >Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:13:43 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >Not to be a damper on things but it's easy to say, not so easy to do.
> >1. Companies that do things like this learn really easy how to build a
> CYA
> >file so that the person reporting them looks bad.
> >2. If you do go ahead and make a bad report about them, it may come back
> to
> >haunt you when you interview for a new job.
> >3. If you actually sue them, #2 can be even worse for finding a new job.
> >
> >It stinks.  It really does.  IMVHO, your best bet is to just move on.
> >
> >William Sutton
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Cristóbal Palmer wrote:
> >
> >>On 9/28/07, jason watts <jsnthegod at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>After a month and a half of that, I found a security job.
> >
> >I can understand why you personally wouldn't want to, but I would hope
> >that people would carefully document abuse like that and report it
> >appropriately. Companies that do things like that should NOT be
> >allowed to continue getting away with it. Places to report: BBB,
> >clients, a civil rights lawyer, the local newspaper....
> >
> >Cheers,
> >--
> >Cristóbal M. Palmer
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