sweetjess1951
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When I started working on my current company, I signed a non-compete agreement. I'll get to the specific terms later in my story.
Things really started to go downhill and I was being mistreated. I decided I wanted to start applying for jobs and ended up applying for a position at a company that is currently a client of ours. I used 2 people at my current company as a reference, in addition to a few other people that have supervised me in the past.
I was offerred the job on Thursday and I turned in my 2 weeks notice on Monday.
After I turned in my notice, the HR Director tried to tell me that per my non-compete agreement, I was not allowed to go work for a client. Not only did I read the contract over and over, I also had multiple people who read the contract. Nowhere does it say that I cannot, under any circumstances, go work for a client. It states that I cannot "render to or for any client any services of the type rendered by the company". My company provides media plans and buys media for the client and that is completely unrelated to what my job description is at the company I am going to. I am not taking any business away from my current company. In fact, I won't even work with them and will have no contact.
The situation has now escalated and now my company is basically harassing my references after hours to try to find out what the reference request said and trying to find out who within my company gave the reference and discussing my employment with the company with my co-workers.
Has anyone ever experienced this? I feel like my current company is trying to keep me from going because they have treated me so bad, they think I'll try to get my new employer to dump them as an agency.
I'm just wondering if I should seek out a lawyer or if this is something that will even hold up in court.
Things really started to go downhill and I was being mistreated. I decided I wanted to start applying for jobs and ended up applying for a position at a company that is currently a client of ours. I used 2 people at my current company as a reference, in addition to a few other people that have supervised me in the past.
I was offerred the job on Thursday and I turned in my 2 weeks notice on Monday.
After I turned in my notice, the HR Director tried to tell me that per my non-compete agreement, I was not allowed to go work for a client. Not only did I read the contract over and over, I also had multiple people who read the contract. Nowhere does it say that I cannot, under any circumstances, go work for a client. It states that I cannot "render to or for any client any services of the type rendered by the company". My company provides media plans and buys media for the client and that is completely unrelated to what my job description is at the company I am going to. I am not taking any business away from my current company. In fact, I won't even work with them and will have no contact.
The situation has now escalated and now my company is basically harassing my references after hours to try to find out what the reference request said and trying to find out who within my company gave the reference and discussing my employment with the company with my co-workers.
Has anyone ever experienced this? I feel like my current company is trying to keep me from going because they have treated me so bad, they think I'll try to get my new employer to dump them as an agency.
I'm just wondering if I should seek out a lawyer or if this is something that will even hold up in court.