My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over
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After two years of being banished from employment in my home country of the USA, I am finally eligible to work in the States again. It's a weird thing to have to think about not being able to be employed in the country you are from (and the only one in which you are a legal resident.) It's a scary feeling knowing that no employment is open to you, none at all. Most unemployed people have access to unemployment, lower paying jobs, temp work or whatever. Having absolutely no options is a scary thing. I don't plan on returning to work, I like retirement, but knowing that the option to go back exists now is pretty nice. It's a comfort thing.
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Was there a contract in place to prevent that? or the Bank finally is deciding to leave you alone?
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@Dashrender said in My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over:
Was there a contract in place to prevent that? or the Bank finally is deciding to leave you alone?
Not really a contract, my non-compete would only block me from one region of Connecticut, NYC at a stretch. But the US legal system allows for big companies to do some pretty horrible things. So a combination of the two.
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Why why does the 2 years matter?
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@Dashrender said in My Two Years Banishment Is Finally Over:
Why why does the 2 years matter?
Because the non-compete that they are abusing was for two years.
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730 days in exile.... a stranger in his own homeland...
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Congrats on having options again.
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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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@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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@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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Welcome back.
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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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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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@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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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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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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@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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Well that sucks. I guess it's another good reason to stay away from those companies.
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Congrats on being employable again though.
Must be a nice feeling to have that option back.
