allfiredup
Member
I'm in the state of Georgia.
I have resigned my position with my current company effective 3/9/06. The company requires all employees to sign a "non-compete" agreement. The agreement states, among many other things, that the employee can't work in the same industry (media) for two years following employment with the company. It also states that an employee can't work for any of our clients for a period of two years.
I was leery of signing it when I started with the company almost three years ago. I signed all my other paperwork and gave it back to my boss, but the non-compete didn't make it back into the folder and I never signed it.
Now, I'm going to work for one of our largest clients. Although I refuse to tell anyone at my current company where I'm going, they have "reminded" me several times about the stipulations of the non-compete and also mention that they have sued at least one previous employee for breaching it. Today, I demanded to see the copy I supposedly signed and they couldn't produce it (because I never signed one). My boss mentioned that she must have misfiled it, but because it is a requirement of the company for all new employees and I knew about it, I'm bound by it! Sounds like a load of B.S. to me.
Had I signed it, I know no one could advise me without seeing the actual agreement. But I didn't sign it, so is there anything they can do legally for me taking a job with a client?
I have resigned my position with my current company effective 3/9/06. The company requires all employees to sign a "non-compete" agreement. The agreement states, among many other things, that the employee can't work in the same industry (media) for two years following employment with the company. It also states that an employee can't work for any of our clients for a period of two years.
I was leery of signing it when I started with the company almost three years ago. I signed all my other paperwork and gave it back to my boss, but the non-compete didn't make it back into the folder and I never signed it.
Now, I'm going to work for one of our largest clients. Although I refuse to tell anyone at my current company where I'm going, they have "reminded" me several times about the stipulations of the non-compete and also mention that they have sued at least one previous employee for breaching it. Today, I demanded to see the copy I supposedly signed and they couldn't produce it (because I never signed one). My boss mentioned that she must have misfiled it, but because it is a requirement of the company for all new employees and I knew about it, I'm bound by it! Sounds like a load of B.S. to me.
Had I signed it, I know no one could advise me without seeing the actual agreement. But I didn't sign it, so is there anything they can do legally for me taking a job with a client?