WOT: Non-Compete Agreement, what to do?, I'm inclined not to sign it Options

[914rrr]

Figures. After only 5 months on the job, the company I work for has been sold as of this afternoon. Ex- employer is asking me to sign a termination agreement.

New employer wants me to sign a non-compete (among other things). I really don't want to, as it is too vague, WAY too broad reaching and there are no geographic limitations (world wide). I didn't sign one with the ex-employer since they didn't ask for one. New employer also has not extended any employment offer what so-ever. I was told the new owner is 'working on it'. Yeah, right. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Kinda sounds like "...I'll only leave it in for a minute, baby..." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif)

What would YOU do?

[alpha434]

Iyeee!!!

I just started at a new company. Their non-compete agreement is really aggressive. It states that I cannot work for any company in competition with them and then lists in parenthesis named examples. What should I do? I'm only 20 and I'm sorta small fish. But I'm a trained machinist. This is a prototyping shop and I'm afraid that signing an agreement will stop me from working at any other prototyping shop. The easiest way to make more money in this field is to change companies. And getting into these high-end prototype shops is the next step to getting a much higher pay range.

Sign it "Elvis Presley" ?

I sign my C in "Chris Logan" Like an E.