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Originally Posted by kush
One of my biggest worries is an employee taking the knowledge that I've given them, and going behind my back and running affiliate promotions on their own, using my methods and techniques. Or what happens if they quit or get fired, and they start doing the type of work I'm doing? This happened once and pissed me off. How do you prevent that? You don't want ex-employees becoming your competitors further down the line. There has to be such a thing as a non-competitive legal agreement. Any standards on this issue?
Let's open this for discussion...
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The only way to stop this is to pay them so much and treat them so well it is not profitable or either too much of a risk for them to go out and try and duplicate it on their own. Then even some people (usually the the ones with the most drive) don't care if they will make less at first.
It is instilled in their being to be an entrepreneur themselves.
I think the only way to lower the chances of this happening is to learn not to hire employees with these characteristics. However these types of people are the ones that get hired first. So it is tough.
I know I was one of those people in my 20's - 30's. I was never happy working for someone else. I changed jobs like i changed my socks. Always going up a level each time. I was never satisfied until I started my own business. Then I had to have 2, then 3 businesses to be happy.
