Hi. I’m Alex Granovsky, the Managing Member of Granovsky&Sundaresh. I’m making another video answering a very frequently asked employment law question that we get – that question is, should I tell my potential employer about my non-compete with my current employer? The answer to that question is yes, you should, but be smart about it. Now, look, some people are afraid because the restrictions in their agreement might prohibit them from taking a job.
So, #1, you want to get your potential employer’s take on that to see if possibly there’s a workaround, if it’s a real meaningful competitor such that there’s the likelihood of a lawsuit. You might want to hire an attorney to do a search to see whether your current employer has sued on the non-compete in the past. Your worst case scenario is where you accept a job with a new company and quit old company. You go to the new company and now the new company gets a cease and desist letter from the old company. They have to let you go and now all of a sudden you’re out of a job. So, certainly, if there’s any risk, you want to let your new employer know about it beforehand. #2, a lot of people worry that if they have a non-compete, it will turn off their potential employer from ever hiring them. I found this is very much not the case. Within certain income brackets, professions, industries, non-compete are so commonplace. The question everybody asks us is does doing X or Y or Z violate by non-compete? While that’s an important question, the more important question is will doing X, Y or Z cause me to get sued for breaching the non-compete? That’s what you really want to analyze. You want your potential employer to be a part of that because they have a stake in that as well. So my name is Alex Granovsky. The firm is Granovsky&Sundaresh. If you have any questions or you just want to talk to an employment lawyer, feel free to reach out. Thanks for watching.