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In theory it sounds great, but try interviewing with companies and see their reaction when you tell them you can't start for > 6 months.

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If everybody knows it’s the deal, which is apparently the case in NY finance, it’s a non issue.

In fact not having a gardening leave might be more suspicious, as it means you’re so useless and out of the loop your previous employer doesn’t think there’s anything you could be carrying over.

It's not usually a deal breaker because of how common it is, but it does matter. You are going to be disadvantaged against someone who can start sooner. I fully support this legislation. Non-competes are anti-competitive, period.

This doesn't seem like as big of an issue as you make it sound from my anecdotal experience. The finance guys I know in NYC don't have this issue? It's such a common part of the work that hiring people this far out in advance is quite common...

Garden leave and notice periods are, to some degree, a coordination issue. "You have to give us and we have to give you three months notification of termination of employment" works (mostly) fine when everyone does it and they know it's just the way things are. It's harder when you're that problem candidate who can't start for three months when that isn't the norm.

That is completely normal. College hires are either returning interns from the previous summer or else mostly recruited in the fall to start after they graduate in the summer, so almost all new grad hiring takes place 6-12 months out anyway.

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