Working for differnet provider?
This is directed more so to people who know call center or company rules....So unfortunately Im no longer employed with Verizon Wireless. 😕 I have a great opportunity to work with T-mobile, but I have heard that there are restrictions within the wireless industry to where i cant work for another provider for 6+ months. Can anyone confirm if that is correct? Or can I take this job at T-mobile? Thanks
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I do not work in the wireless industry but it seems for that kind of thing to be legal it would have to have been a clause in the contract you signed when you started with VZW. If there is nothing in your contract I'm sure T Mobile will ask of your employment history. So if you don't see any non-compete clause in your contract and t mobile doesn't care that you worked for VZW then I would say that you would most likely be OK with taking the new job. I would think you would have to be at least at the VP level to have that kind of clause in your contract.
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Ya definitely not VP yet, haha. I already told T-mobile and they are fine with it. I just gotta make sure VZW wont get pissy.
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Turn in your two weeks. Verizon will have you leave the day you turn in your notice, for security reasons. Start your new job as soon as possible.
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This is more to the OP; are you in a right to work state? I have heard that in right to work states, no compete clauses are illegal. I don't know how true that is, but some states have laws making no compete contracts to be illegal. This practice is usually legal in at will states (Illinois is one that doesn't allow no compete contracts, but is an at will state).
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I live in a right to work state, and a friend of mine who worked as a low-life salesman for a 3rd party cell dealer had a 6 month non-compete clause in his initial job offering from them. He agreed not to accept an employment offer from any other entity in the cellular field until he had been terminated from the 3rd party store for over 6 months.
If you didn't sign such an agreement, you have no after-termination commitment.
If you didn't sign such an agreement, you have no after-termination commitment.
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For the OP, that is the rule. Go to work for T-Mobile and keep quiet to any friends. I know of several people who have left and started with a competitor as soon as possible but they did not broadcast it to everyone.
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