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kristopher

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17. Couldn't employers use non-competitor clauses in contracts?

Reply to Igel (Reply #11)

Sat Mar 1, 2014, 03:10 PM

Mar 2014

I'm not familiar with the industry, but a clause forbidding the IT engineer from working on the same type of projects for a specified period would seem to be a legal way to handle the problem. It might not be perfect or the most effective from the employers' viewpoint, but it isn't as if they are totally lacking in tools other than creating wageslaves.

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Engineers Allege Hiring Collusion in Silicon Valley [View all] groundloop Mar 2014 OP

I completely believe this. Not sure why but it rings "true" to me that it happened riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #1

I sat in a meeting where managers talked about ways to keep engineers from being poached.... groundloop Mar 2014 #2

Capitalism is only for the big dogs....the rest of us have no right to get our piece of the pie. loudsue Mar 2014 #3

+1 kristopher Mar 2014 #15

Same here. MannyGoldstein Mar 2014 #5

Even before the H1B visa program hootinholler Mar 2014 #4

Sure. It's been reported before. Igel Mar 2014 #11

Yes but the workers don't stand a chance then of being fairly compensated riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #13

Couldn't employers use non-competitor clauses in contracts? kristopher Mar 2014 #17

Non-compete agreements are common, at least in my field groundloop Mar 2014 #18

I'm not arguing against higher salaries kristopher Mar 2014 #20

Noncompetes are not enforced in California Sanity Claws Mar 2014 #23

Your story is all well and good (not).... sendero Mar 2014 #21

Count Me In BodieTown Mar 2014 #6

because, companies need engineers long enough to train their replacements in India... pragmatic_dem Mar 2014 #7

The best manager I ever worked for had a saying. Thor_MN Mar 2014 #8

saw this illegal crap first hand LittleGirl Mar 2014 #9

Another way they keep salaries down is make it taboo to reveal your salary to co-workers groundloop Mar 2014 #10

Of course adieu Mar 2014 #16

But, but... the Free Market! Invisible Hand! Job Creators! :sarcasm: n/t TygrBright Mar 2014 #12

Why haven't the workers in Hi-tech unionized? Crowman1979 Mar 2014 #14

Some engineers are represented, at Boeing for instance.... however groundloop Mar 2014 #19

I'm SO glad you asked that question! Demeter Mar 2014 #22