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In legal terms is agreement not«s valid,  in patents and autor copyrigth terms,
you should look you future in the company and you work prespectives, before of
signed this agreement.

Francisco

Peter Roberts wrote:

> I know this is off topic, but I thought, since a number of the people on this
> list are employed as engineers, we would benefit from this discussion.
>
> Here's the situation.  After 8 years at my current employer, my boss throws
> this non-compete/non-disclosure agreement in front of me.  Needless to say,
> it was written to totally protect him, with very little (if any ) concern for
> my welfare.
>
> Now I have to re-write it to protect myself before signing it.  I understand
> his desire to protect his investment, but it seems that bosses have a hard
> time understanding that we as engineers also have an investment in the years
> spent working for our employers.  No matter what anyone says, Engineers who
> are employees do not think or behave like "normal" employees.  They have a
> much more personal interest in and professional stake in what they do.
>
> The history of the company is that it is a small company with a dozen
> employees who make custom sub-assemblies for our customers.  We do not
> restrict ourselves to any industry or field.  We will design and build
> anything for anybody.  Needless to say, to agree to not compete against this
> type of company , precludes you from working in any of the industries of any
> of the current customers.  This can get quite broad and therefore quite
> limiting for an engineer.
>
> Does anyone have any advise on how I can protect myself? Has anyone here had
> to sign similiar agreements. Is there a source of sample contracts that are
> more balanced, or favor the engineer?
>
> Looking forward to the discussion
>
> Peter

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