I've been thinking of something similar if I can build a sufficiently relevant specialty knowledge.
IANAL, but I believe in some states it is completely illegal for employers to add such clauses in employment contracts. Even if that clause exist, it is highly unlikely to be enforced in courts. We need to stop taking this abuse or living in fear of our employers.
Again standard disclosure, talk to a lawyer.
I'm certain it would not be considered legal where I am from.
Because they want a job?
And given this particular industry, there shouldn't be a need for anyone to give away that much to their employer. Simply walk away and find another position.
And before it is mentioned, ofcourse there are niche situations where that one and only position with this requirement is available and nothing else. But those are outliers and not worth mentioning.
What an entitled and out of touch attitude.
And thus brings no value to such a discussion. That does not mean I dismiss the existence of such situations. I simply decide to see the whole forest, rather than focusing on a single tree.
And in case it had eluded you, we who work in the tech industry (which I would hazard a guess is the majority here on HN) are all privileged beyond what most of humanity has ever experienced in terms of job security and wages (even when taking into account the great big gab between the lowest and highest levels).