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    My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @RojoLoco
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      @RojoLoco said in My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over:

      730 days in exile.... a stranger in his own homeland...

      That's certainly how it feels.

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      • RojoLocoR
        RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said in My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over:

        @RojoLoco said in My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over:

        730 days in exile.... a stranger in his own homeland...

        That's certainly how it feels.

        I was using my movie trailer announcer guy voice for that post... it might make a great film.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @RojoLoco
          last edited by

          @RojoLoco said in My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over:

          @scottalanmiller said in My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over:

          @RojoLoco said in My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over:

          730 days in exile.... a stranger in his own homeland...

          That's certainly how it feels.

          I was using my movie trailer announcer guy voice for that post... it might make a great film.

          Like the Honest Trailer guy?

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          • Reid CooperR
            Reid Cooper
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            Welcome back.

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            • RojoLocoR
              RojoLoco @Reid Cooper
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              @Reid-Cooper said in My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over:

              Welcome back.

              His dreams were his ticket out....

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              • AdamFA
                AdamF
                last edited by AdamF

                What in the world?!? How is that even possible by a corporation? Every person or lawyer I've talked to about any non compete I signed or was going to sign all said that non competes are unenforceable anyway if it would cause you not to earn a reasonable wage. Sounds like a bad one. Welcome back!

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @AdamF
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                  @fuznutz04 said in My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over:

                  Every person or lawyer I've talked to about any non compete I signed or was going to sign all said that non competes are unenforceable anyway if it would cause you not to earn a reasonable wage.

                  I had an attorney, too. Non-competes when written correctly are quite enforceable and when you are dealing with big budget companies, enforceability is not the concern. Because they sue companies that try to hire you, they make you effectively unemployable and can effectively bar you from working, which effectively bars you from maintaining a counter suit, which effectively makes the non-compete. Because the US does not protect your right to work, it allows a lawsuit, even a false one, to stop your ability to be employed. The US legal system always favours the suer, not the one being sued. And since, with enough money, you can make a lawsuit take longer than a viable working career length, you have effectively unlimited power, if the money is right, to block employment in the US regardless of legality.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    Stopping you from earning a reasonable wage is hard to deal with when they can tie up the process longer than you can go without eating. When you deal with companies with essentially unlimited funds, all kinds of things change.

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                    • AdamFA
                      AdamF
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                      As I was reading your response, I said I guess anything is possible if they bury you in litigation costs. Money trumps even human decency most of the time. Such a shame.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @AdamF
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                        @fuznutz04 said in My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over:

                        As I was reading your response, I said I guess anything is possible if they bury you in litigation costs. Money trumps even human decency most of the time. Such a shame.

                        Yup.

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                        • nadnerBN
                          nadnerB
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                          Well that sucks. I guess it's another good reason to stay away from those companies.

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                          • nadnerBN
                            nadnerB
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                            Congrats on being employable again though.
                            Must be a nice feeling to have that option back.

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