Kate and John tackle the thorny issue of non-competes: from the weirdly emotional reactions to employees starting their own business, to the sneaky ways non-solicitation clauses can still bite you, they dive deep into what’s driving this need for iron-clad control.

Hint: it’s not always about protecting the business—it might just be insecurity.

So, do non-competes actually make sense in today’s world?

Especially since over the summer we saw the Federal Trade Commission adopt a rule effectively banning worker post-termination non-competes, which was overruled just before its implementation by a TX federal court order that banned the FTC’s ban.

John and Kate debate whether businesses should be less worried about losing employees and more concerned about why they feel the need to lock them down in the first place.

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Ep18 ﹘ Non-Competes Make People Insane