How come he can leave AMD to work for INTEL and do exactly what he did in AMD i.e design a new cpu tech?
Isn’t that not-permitted in intellectual jobs?
Edit: also, I have refused to sign non-competes in the past and still been hired. This is something you can negotiate at some companies.
Seriously. NEVER EVER sign anything on the way out of a job. Don't be a dick about it, but don't sign.
Any reasonable company would do it this way unless they are trying to screw you.
That's not crazy -- they're compensating you for the inconvenience.
Whether that's a good idea or not is a different story, and would depend on how easily you could get a job, what it would pay you if/when you got it, and how much/how long the compensation would be.
In the oil industry it's not uncommon to see 1- or 2-year non-competes... with 100% compensation for the same amount of time.
Sorry if I wasn't clear, I meant signing stuff during your exit interview, so on your last day and quite literally on your way out the door.
Says who? Only the piece of paper you signed between you and your previous company and others who do the same. It's not even legal in most of the world for companies to ask that of an employee. It's a shame people like you have been brainwashed into thinking it's normal. It simply isn't and you should expect better of your employers.
Intel and AMD wouldn't exist if that were legal here anyway, both were founded by way of exodus from an eventual competitor. Intel in particular, its two founders were original members of the Traitorous Eight that left Shockley to found Fairchild Semi.