[dunpeal]

Respectfully, your comment makes no sense.

> Yes, you have to be good at your job and hard to replace before you make demands.

You are required to sign a non-compete before accepting the job. You cannot be "hard to replace" because you haven't started that job yet.

They won't even "replace" you - they just won't hire you!

> At any rate, I've had plenty of success striking all non-compete agreements

As I mentioned elsewhere, this is possible if you are a very strong senior candidate negotiating with relatively small employers who are desperate to hire you and don't have many alternative candidates.

At larger corporations, I've been told straight up that the non-competes are policy and won't be waived for anyone.

If you check the history of non-compete lawsuits, you'll find some very senior employees being sued, so this statements seem true.