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1.An extreme shortage of qualified labor (unlikely)
2.Disclosure of proprietary info (like in manufacturing)
3.Taking the client list and the clients with you (like in sales or finance-think a stock broker with millions under management)
You forgot one:Originally Posted by Std Deviation
I have never (in 21 yrs as a CFI and a former flight school owner) seen a non-compete clause. There's really only a couple reasons you'd see one:1.An extreme shortage of qualified labor (unlikely)
2.Disclosure of proprietary info (like in manufacturing)
3.Taking the client list and the clients with you (like in sales or finance-think a stock broker with millions under management)
4. The school owner is a control freak who wants to keep his employees on the level of indentured servants, much like companies who used to pay their employees in worthless script that could only be used at the company store.
This D-bag should be publicly outed, and an internet campaign started to run him out of business.
To the OP: I strongly suspect this guy is blowing smoke on enforcing this, but two can play at that game - the phrase "hostile workplace" comes to mind.