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Bayard

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3. Before I started my own company in the recruiting biz

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2023, 11:00 PM

Jan 2023

People I worked for liked to wave a non-compete in peoples' faces. The truth is, they can't keep you from making a living in your chosen profession.

In 30 years in that industry, I never heard of any owner winning a case over a non-compete.

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