TYT: Jimmy John’s Workers Forced Into Cruel Agreement

[WhoIsNumberNone]

"If you're considering working at a Jimmy John's sandwich shop, you may want to read the fine print on your job application.

A Jimmy John's employment agreement provided to The Huffington Post includes a "non-competition" clause that's surprising in its breadth. Noncompete agreements are typically reserved for managers or employees who could clearly exploit a business's inside information by jumping to a competitor. But at Jimmy John's, the agreement apparently applies to low-wage sandwich makers and delivery drivers, too.

By signing the covenant, the worker agrees not to work at one of the sandwich chain's competitors for a period of two years following employment at Jimmy John's. But the company's definition of a "competitor" goes far beyond the Subways and Potbellys of the world. It encompasses any business that's near a Jimmy John's location and that derives a mere 10 percent of its revenue from sandwiches."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

#0 Sez:" I already won't eat at Jimmy John's because they make their employees work when they're sick, but this takes it to a whole new level."

[Gothmog]

1. I have trouble seeing these non-competes being enforceable

[newthinking]

2. Agreed (at least now, who knows the future). But it does reflect a company that intimidates and lack

respect for it's employees.

[Gothmog]

3. It is expensive to try to enforce a non-compete and to defend against a non-compete

There is an intimidation factor here. I will not eat at this chain until this policy is changed

[fasttense]

7. Non-compete clauses don't have to be enforceable to be effective.

All that has to happen is for the word to get out that fast food workers at Jimmy Johns have non-compete clauses. (And since I see it on this board, it probably is already out.) Employers in the area wont hire former Jimmy Johns workers for fear that they would get a lawsuit. With so few jobs around, it is easy enough to bypass Jimmy Johns former employees. They could leave if off their resumes but then how to explain the gap in experience and for some people Jimmy Johns is their first employer.

It's a win-win for Jimmy Johns and a screw you to their employees.

[Eleanors38]

4. Jimmy's John: On my No-patronizing contract.

[bullwinkle428]

5. Used to go there semi-regularly for a sandwich, but forget about that now.

I can always stop into Subway, Quizno's, Cipriotti's, or a locally-owned place instead.

[jtuck004]

6. Not enforceable. Stupid, though. n/t

[Eleanors38]

8. Ironically, the "Right to Work" seems infringed.