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		paulddraper on May 14, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Noncompete Clauses: Signing Away the Right to Get ... Yes. While the engineering manager might desperately want you, legal/HR couldn't care less. You can negotiate successfully with the former, but not the latter.

ethbro on May 15, 2017 [–]

I think the parent point is that if even your hiring manager / new boss can't negotiate with legal / HR... then the company is probably dysfunctional and you wouldn't want to be working there anyway.

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