Question for the ones who left or got fired and got non competes...
If you get an offer to work in Europe while your non compete is active, can you take it? Do you have to report where you are physically to HR even if you are not working there anymore???
I have the feeling more and more people will be leaving Adi USA soon...
At one point, the language on adidas' non-competes stipulated that adidas had 30 days from last day of employment to enforce the non-compete. If that's still the verbiage on new non-competes, on day 31, you could begin working at a competitor and there's nothing adidas could do.
I knew a colleague who was laid off years ago, and a stipulation of this person's severance was that they could not work for a competitor for six months. If they did, they owed adidas the severance money.
Read your non-compete to determine what it says. While adidas may ask you if you leave, you have no obligation to tell them what your plans are... perhaps a bit unethical if you don't tell them, and they could sue you or enforce your non-compete if they believe you violated it.