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Well, it didn't even come to my mind that a fast food worker might have a noncompete agreement. I thought this only is about engineers, scientists, managers etc - people who actually have knowledge which is reasonable to prevent from leaking to a competing company too quickly. Applied to a fast-food worker any noncompete agreement sounds really wild. Do fast-food companies actually require this? Sounds crazy.

>>qwerty+(OP)
>Do fast-food companies actually require this?

It has happened although it's probably a "man bites dog" sort of thing that made it into the news.

I'm not sure it's good policy in general to discourage people from working--especially in the area they presumably have some expertise in.

>>qwerty+(OP)
It is happening, Walmart was doing it to their cashiers, and why shouldn't they? It's a huge boon to companies to make it difficult and expensive for people to quit their jobs in favor of something better, it means they can push wages down further, give worse working conditions, without needing to worry about people quitting.

Back when it was allowed, some companies would pay in fake company money called "scrip" that you could only use in their company store to buy food. They also owned the houses so you could only rent if you were an employee. Wanna quit your job? Good luck also losing your house and not having actual money to go anywhere else.

You gotta understand that if you have something that can be abused for profits, then it will be abused for profit. Even if a company is has a heart of gold and decides not to do this, they will be out-competed by companies who are willing to do evil things and thus be more profitable. Abuse will happen by logical necessity.