Forget chain saws and evil spirits. You know what really scares me?
A badly written non-compete agreement. You know the type.
Some HR director drafts an agreement based on cutting and pasting language from the Internet – and then asks 100 employees to sign it, no explanation, no chat, no bonus – just “SIGN HERE.”
Well, employees are literate and thankfully read the agreement, wondering WHAT DOES THIS ODD DOCUMENT MEAN?
Options:
1. Ask what it means and get opinion in writing.
2. Ask to re-write it such that it actually does make sense.
3. Sign it and pray to God that a Virginia judge also thinks it is terribly written and unenforceable.
4. Don’t sign it and see what happens (yes – they can fire you for not signing a non-compete agreement).
Scares you, doesn’t it. It certainly scares me this Halloween eve.