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dentar
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I live in Ohio. AFTER I was hired and had worked a couple of weeks, I was made to sign a non-compete. I was not aware of the non-compete until after I started working for the new company. The consideration given for the non-compete was the employment itself.
The company has since (five years) switched hands to people who do not know what they are doing. They have frozen raises until further notice, have quit contributing to the 401k and have laid off several workers. One person left to go to a customer and they waived the non-compete. Another was "fired" (not laid off, but fired for political reasons) and they let her non-compete go too.
It's time for me to leave, but all the opportunities I can find can be interpreted as "competition" or are with clients. Since they have let two previous non-competes go, can they enforce mine?
And since I was made to sign it AFTER I started working there, without being told beforehand about it, by the previous owners, can they enforce it or do I stand a good chance of winning any sort of litigation?
The company has since (five years) switched hands to people who do not know what they are doing. They have frozen raises until further notice, have quit contributing to the 401k and have laid off several workers. One person left to go to a customer and they waived the non-compete. Another was "fired" (not laid off, but fired for political reasons) and they let her non-compete go too.
It's time for me to leave, but all the opportunities I can find can be interpreted as "competition" or are with clients. Since they have let two previous non-competes go, can they enforce mine?
And since I was made to sign it AFTER I started working there, without being told beforehand about it, by the previous owners, can they enforce it or do I stand a good chance of winning any sort of litigation?