Re: Non-competes

["Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@tmail.com>]

I have a hunch the average WODS listener is wondering where da heck has 
Dale been for 20 years


On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 3:25PM -0500, rogerkirk wrote:
> Well, it seems as if Uncle Dale's non-compete (if there was one)
> isn't being rigorously enforced.
>
> Yesterday on WBZ, I heard a very soft-sell American Express "Open 
> Network" commercial.  Supposedly a vocalization of their message board. 
> The question was from a person (vocalized as a young, tentative, unsure 
> woman) asking: "We hate to train people and then have them turn around 
> and take all that knowledge with them when they leave in a few months.  
> Should we have them sign a non-compete contract?  Are they 
> enforceable?"
>
> The answers were three. All males.
>
> First response was a neutral-aged, authoritative voice who was very 
> positive about them.
>
> Second response was an older-sounding man who basically sounded weary.  
> He said they "tried them and it would have cost too much to enforce 
> them."
>
> Third response was most interesting.  It was a younger voice with a 
> slight attitude.  He basically said "yeah, they usually aren't 
> enforceable, but if an employee thinks it is, it will scare them into 
> staying in line - and that's the effect you want"
>
> Interesting - have only heard this commercial once.  And no variation 
> on it, either.