1. There are sure sides for both for and against noncompete agreements. I can see both sides of the arguments making sense because the company wants to keep their secrets to themselves, but the employer wants to continue to grow his career and not sit out for a year. An argument for noncompete agreements could be that small companies could always get their employees bought out by big companies. If I started a small business and had secrets that were very important to my growth, I would want to keep them. If google came in and offered my employees big money and they told them their secrets, it would run my company out of business. An argument against noncompete agreements would be for the employers. If I started at a small business and Yahoo
