[TriLUG] OT Humor (at least to me)

[Jason Watts]

googling, Got the answer

PS,  I have two email accounts registered, and I switched....


On 9/28/07, Jason Watts <jsnonzzr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> IANAL, YMMV?  idk, googling.
>
> Im sure they are, I have been told this lots of times... its just one of
> those I cant afford a lawyer to fight... I would rather night fight if i
> dont have to.
>
>
>  On 9/28/07, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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,
> > > >--
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