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Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Personal blog · employeeatty.blogspot.comcareerpolitics
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home is a personal blog at employeeatty.blogspot.com about career and politics. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
A labor lawyer's blog, linked in HN discussion as a labor lawyer's take on Marco Rubio's 2019 Freedom to Compete Act, a bill about non-compete agreements.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What You Need To Know Before You Scream “I Quit,” Get Fired, Or Decide to Sue the Bastards
What Hacker News says?
You are technically incorrect (the worst kind of incorrect). See, for example, the [Communist Control Act of 1954][0], various [state laws][1] [that prohibit communists from holding office or working in state jobs][2], and [exclusion from anti-discrimination laws][3] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Control_Act_of_1954 [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/22/anti-communist... [2]: https://peti…
Comment linking /2012/12/time-to-repeal-anti-communist.html
on “Why We Terminated Daily Stormer”Submitted Is Your Offer Letter a Contract? Of Course It Is as a story · 16 points
HN discussionThe press release: https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2019/1/rubio-i... a labor lawyer's take: http://employeeatty.blogspot.com/2019/03/marco-rubio-introdu...
Comment linking /2019/03/marco-rubio-introduces-anti-noncompete.html
on “Freedom to Compete Act [pdf]”Submitted Former Employer's Attorney Can Be Liable for Despicable Retaliation as a story · 14 points
HN discussionOne of my favorite employment law blogs - "Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home" (written by a lawyer) - has a number of articles on NCAs: http://employeeatty.blogspot.com/search/label/noncompete%20a... Reading this will give you a good idea of how complex these issues they are, how much the law varies from state to state, etc. - all good reasons to follow the advice of all the others in this thread who have recommended c…
Comment linking /search/label/noncompete%20agreements
on “Ask HN: Non-compete agreement advice?”Submitted Lies Your Employer Tells You as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted DOJ threatens criminal prosecution for anti-poaching agreements as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted When Your Unpaid Internship Should Be Paid as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Will You Let Your Employer Microchip You? Just Say No as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Not to Screw Up Your Severance Negotiation: Underbidding as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted States with Pro-Employee Laws: Advance Notice of Noncompete Agreement as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted FTC Bans Most Noncompetes – But Don't Get Too Excited as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Criminalization Of Employment Law as a story · 1 points
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