angellogan
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? PA but live in NY
I was asked to sign a Non Compete agreement after 7.6 years at the same job. There was no indication anything was wrong with my job or my performance so thinking it would show I was a team player, I signed it. Well less than a month later my boss accused me of being responsible for not completing anything--ever; and Layed me off for lack of work. Well there was not a lack of work, and the allegations were so broad and untrue, I was floored! I feel I was ambushed and that this was planned for a long time now. I realize that the prevailing wisdom of this site is to get a Lawyer, but I am looking for a job and can not go any where in the industry I had spent so many years gaining experience in. It says I can't work in the industry for 2 years and if I am suspected of it, I will be sued to have it increased to 5 years! I am a Computer Programmer and you just can't turn off certain functions and even if you could, 2 years is an extreme hardship on my livlihood. I have a Programming Website and do not want him to force me to reveal my users and customers. If he let me go, then all interest in me should be gone as well. I have not broken the terms of the NC agreement but I want to find work in my field to maintain my level of pay. If I just go for a generic Programming job, the pay is significantly less. If it was the same, I wouldn't care.
I was asked to sign a Non Compete agreement after 7.6 years at the same job. There was no indication anything was wrong with my job or my performance so thinking it would show I was a team player, I signed it. Well less than a month later my boss accused me of being responsible for not completing anything--ever; and Layed me off for lack of work. Well there was not a lack of work, and the allegations were so broad and untrue, I was floored! I feel I was ambushed and that this was planned for a long time now. I realize that the prevailing wisdom of this site is to get a Lawyer, but I am looking for a job and can not go any where in the industry I had spent so many years gaining experience in. It says I can't work in the industry for 2 years and if I am suspected of it, I will be sued to have it increased to 5 years! I am a Computer Programmer and you just can't turn off certain functions and even if you could, 2 years is an extreme hardship on my livlihood. I have a Programming Website and do not want him to force me to reveal my users and customers. If he let me go, then all interest in me should be gone as well. I have not broken the terms of the NC agreement but I want to find work in my field to maintain my level of pay. If I just go for a generic Programming job, the pay is significantly less. If it was the same, I wouldn't care.