Amazon non compete
Anyone had a bad experience with Amazon non-compete? It seems a bit excessive to me.
Unless you are an L8 or higher, you are probably fine.
Not really, I was not L8, HR even also said will not but finally applied to me. Please support to ban non compete proposed by FTC https://www.regulations.gov/document/FTC-2023-0007-0001
How did it apply to you? What did amazon do to enforce it?
Has a friend in Seattle and they enforced it on her, they can use it if you sign it. In California it’s irrelevant from what i hear
What happened?
She eventually left and is doing well, but she had to not work for a period I think
Don’t sign a non compete unless they pay you enough so you won’t have to work again.
I think it's the standard non compete that everyone at amazon signs
What exactly does it say?
Considering so many people here on Blind moved from Amazon to different places and not one person complained about being stopped, idk, I guess it only matters if you are important enough?
Why sign something as ridiculous as that, even if they won’t or can’t enforce it?
Without signing it there is no job for you at Amazon
Great indicator of what is to come
Now that Amazon owns Whole Foods you won’t be able to work at Albertsons after this.
That's fine I was gonna go to trader Joe's anyway
Typical non compete in my industry is not working on the same exact product for a year at a different company. When I left to work for a competitor I worked on a different product that needed the same domain knowledge since they knew about the agreement.
Once I was offered an employment agreement with a non compete. I crossed out that paragraph, signed it and returned it and still got the job. People should just refuse to sign non competes like that. If you don’t think they will ever enforce it anyway, then they should be ok with removing it from the agreement.
Uhh you can do that ?
I did for a startup. Not making this up. I wouldn’t want to work for a company that requires a non compete like that. Honestly I’m shocked that anyone would sign away their right to future employment. Did common sense die while I wasn’t looking?
Previous Amazon employee here, left to Microsoft for an entirely different role in a different product group. They still tried to enforce the non compete on me. It didn’t work but definitely jaded my view of the company.
What state are you in? Relevant to how enforceable it is
Washington
Soon will be hard to enforce in WA: https://immixlaw.com/2019-wa-h-b-1450-washington-state-non-competition-covenants/