May 11th, 2009, 6:19 pm
Tu160 is right, it is a common term in non-competes, but these vary a lot more in quality than you might think.In my last job it took several months for them to get the terms right, and at one point they had banned me from working for every company in the world, and in every country except those with which we were at war.One reading banned me from working for or with anyone who had ever paid tax....but that didn't matter because they couldn't get my name right Disclosure to your next employer is a tricky one, and often best left to your headhunter (if you have a good one), since it requires presentation and timing.But I agree that you abolsutely must get them on side, and hiding it from them is a bad move.If you are required explicitly to tell your ex-employer where you went, then you should do so, but again there is subtlety in this.