the non-compete was restricted to the area he was working in; he was told he wou...

		cowsandmilk on Nov 13, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec the non-compete was restricted to the area he was working in; he was told he would be working on kindle. It was not until he was hired that it was disclosed he was working in this much broader area of tablets (aka the kindle fire). Amazon presented it as a very narrow non-compete in the e-ink reader space before he was hired.

So he essentially signed a blank check.