Ken_Knight
Junior Member
South Carolina
I’ve got a question about a non-compete agreement
In November 2008, I took a job as software engineer with a small software services firm. As part of signing up, I signed a non-compete agreement that I would not go to work with any of the customers that I worked with for 1 year after leaving the company.
Since that time I have worked with the same customer, which has been very pleased with my work. Their contract also includes a clause not to hire any of my firm’s employees for 1 year after they have left the company.
In the last few weeks I have become very unhappy with my employer and the customer that I work with has a new opening in the Software Engineering Dept.
The obvious answer is that we are both bound by the non-compete clause and I cannot be hired by the customer without my employer’s permission.
The question is – two months before I took the job with my employer, I did a one month stint as a contract programmer with this same customer firm. When I finished my contract, I left a copy of my resume with the Lead Programmer in case they had an opening.
The question is, does my prior relationship with the customer, take precedence over the non-compete agreement with my present employer.
I’ve got a question about a non-compete agreement
In November 2008, I took a job as software engineer with a small software services firm. As part of signing up, I signed a non-compete agreement that I would not go to work with any of the customers that I worked with for 1 year after leaving the company.
Since that time I have worked with the same customer, which has been very pleased with my work. Their contract also includes a clause not to hire any of my firm’s employees for 1 year after they have left the company.
In the last few weeks I have become very unhappy with my employer and the customer that I work with has a new opening in the Software Engineering Dept.
The obvious answer is that we are both bound by the non-compete clause and I cannot be hired by the customer without my employer’s permission.
The question is – two months before I took the job with my employer, I did a one month stint as a contract programmer with this same customer firm. When I finished my contract, I left a copy of my resume with the Lead Programmer in case they had an opening.
The question is, does my prior relationship with the customer, take precedence over the non-compete agreement with my present employer.
