With all of the layoffs that continue to happen- is anyone concerned about the 1 year non compete agreements that might prevent you from staying in the HCM industry? Has ADP actually enforced the non-competes? I am sure no one wants to end up in a new job and then be cut loose only because ADP legal and their scare tactics. Any insight that anyone can offer?
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I didn't sign a non compete and wouldn't pay any attention to it if I had. Unless you're actively soliciting clients or employees, they'd never know and recommending someone who asks how you like it with a new firm isn't soliciting them–think the entrapment rule.
The only thing I signed was an NDA and based on my experience with them, and if I was going to break that it would be via utterly anonymous means anyway. I owe them no more than they owed me for busting my a– for 20 years and being summarily told my services are no longer needed, they found a college kid with no pension liability who'll do it for less.
The only legal agreement I have read is that if you work for a competitor after leaving ADP, you are not allowed to solicit current ADPs to leave the company and join you for at least 6 months.
Run everything by your attorney before signing anything. If anything is found unreasonable, contracts and agreements are negotiable, until signed. All paperwork does not have to be standard.