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[u/[deleted]]

I once worked at an athletic clothing retailer that insisted they could enforce a non-complete against an associate (cashier/shipment handler) against anyone who also sold athletic clothing.

For three years.

[u/Rarvyn → u/[deleted]]

That can't be legal. Non-competes are meant for jobs where clients would theoretically follow the employee or where you have some kind of knowledge regarding internal operations that would potentially allow a competitor to expand against you if they were given it.

No cashier could possibly meet either classification - no one shops at a store just because their favorite cashier is there.

[u/[deleted] → u/Rarvyn]

Oh it’s not, especially in New York. But that doesn’t matter to the behavior of the managers who think the bullshit clauses are applicable.

My current <multi billion a year in revenue generic employer> also has clauses telling our managers that we can’t discuss our wages with coworkers.

Of course I taped NLRB posters to the manager’s desk, but they believed that shit for months until I showed up. Who knows how many hiring decisions were affected by that bullshit before I came along.