What about those instances where a company tries implementing a non-compete and forcing existing employees to sign one to maintain their current employment? That’s exactly what happened recently at the company for which our son works. All employees were called into a company wide meeting where they had to sit thru an hour long presentation given by their newly hired legal advisor. Needless to say it didn’t go over well by the majority of the employees and after the meeting many of them let the company President know about it. I sent him the original clip from this thread, he responded that he had already heard about it and thinks his company nixed their efforts. I should mention that he loves his job and company for which he works but said he would have left had he been forced to sign a non-compete. On the surface that sounds honorable but it also demonstrates the unfair advantage the company maintains. In essence…comply or else.