Thanks for the advice everybody.
Yes, I could live on UI & savings for quite a while if I had to. Plus, in the event of a layoff I would get a pretty good severance package. So it wouldn't be the worst outcome in the world.
At some point, I will send a request for my personnel file, without...
To elaborate: I had some initial interviews with another company. But, their policy is that they can't proceed to the next round of interviews without a copy of my non-compete.
They followed up several times asking for it, which is why I do think that they are genuinely interested. But it's not...
Not yet. It's a weird situation - several people are leaving the company within the next couple of weeks, and a lot of restructuring is going on.
Last time, they asked me why I wanted a copy of it - which was a bit uncomfortable. I basically said "oh, no reason", or something along those lines...
Thanks very much. And I do have a non-compete agreement with them, not an NDA (that is what I meant to say).
One more question: if I send them an email, would that count as a written request?
Hello,
I have been working at the same company since 2007. I signed an NDA when I first joined, but I didn't think to ask for a copy of it for my records. And, they took it away rather quickly after I signed, without offering to give me a copy.
Now, I am considering applying to jobs at other...