Question:
I work for Yahoo! and am going to Google. Is there any sort of non compete. I joined Yaho! about a year ago.
2007-02-02 18:33:29 UTC
Want to head to Google from Yahoo! and want to make sure there s no problem with doing so.
Seven answers:
KB
2007-02-02 18:37:09 UTC
Did you sign anything to this effect upon you employment? If not it's probably OK as long as you don't take any intellectual property with you.
Neil
2007-02-03 06:56:04 UTC
The nature of the business is almost the same. Email, Web Page, Listed websites...

If you have been with Yahoo! for less than one year as a regular employee full benefits free schedule, the manager might take it personally that they showed you around the company as a tour guide, including the industry information beyond a 4 year University, other personal trade secrets such as best place to get break food to auto insurance.
2007-02-03 04:20:29 UTC
Wow, why are you airing your dirty laundry on a YAHOO site? Anyway, you need to check to see what exactly it was that you signed, many companies have non-competition clauses, but that usu sally refers to you working simultaneously, not leaving one job for another. I had to sign one saying I will not work for another bank, but of course I can shop around at different banks. Be careful, I know someone who just got fired for this very reason, do your research so you can transition smoothly without any disruptions or being fired.
stick man
2007-02-03 02:36:45 UTC
Double check the employment agreement you signed with Yahoo when you started. See what limitations there are, if any.
Eplic
2007-02-03 02:36:56 UTC
Go for it, go for the gold (if you know you can) and dont settle for the peice of coal you allready have, if you know you can, and are positively sure you wont break your peice of coal, and not in return get the gold. Then get the gold, cherish it, then when your ready to move toward the diamonds, go for it.
2007-02-03 02:36:54 UTC
i think slavery was abolished long time ago....most of those should be non-enforceable...

but they can get you on sharing company secrets...so be careful
joe m
2007-02-05 00:25:29 UTC
Wanna know why this guy is leaving Yahoo?

Look at this:



Yahoo saff is TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE!



Check out this string of communications:



I want to know why Betamail does not support Korean characters when regular Yahoo email does.

You did not apologize for calling Korean Characters Chinese or Japanese. You did not address any of the points in my previous email.

You said your name was Jason.

Jason, if customers are angry, you had better spend the time to read their email carefully and find out WHY they are upset. If you skim over and don't answer, people get MORE angry. You had some training, right? Let's see some professional attitude!

Can't you ANSWER quesitons based on what has been going on in the previous 3 emails?!

Has my email been forwarded to Yahoo Management AS REQUESTED?!

Anaswer these points, please. Are you going to get in trouble over this? I don't think so. It is YOUR JOB, right? If you can't find the answer, TELL ME that you can't. That is a limitation placed on you by YOUR SUPERVISOR. It is NOT YOUR FAULT. But, you have to be honest about it and let me know. Otherwise, with the kind of dismissive attitude that you show, you are going to be the one with all the trouble.

I hope I don't sound nasty to you--it is nothing personal against you. It is the attitude you put out, either because of the limitations placed on you by Yahoo or just your whole attitude towards life.

I am a PERSON here at the other end, with a PROBLEM. I am not stupid. I told you that I have BEEN reading Korean characters in my mail for YEARS. Where do you get off telling me that it is NOT possible?! That answer is for NOVICES. I am NOT a novice. Get with it!

I await your answer regarding 3 main points:

1. Apology for lumping Korean characters in with Chinese and Japanese.

2. Forwarding of the mail, including this one to Yahoo Management.

3. Telephone number or email where I can contact a QUALIFIED Yahoo Technician regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

Joe Lamont





Yahoo! Mail wrote:

Hello Joe,



Thank you for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.



Yahoo! Customer Care is committed to answering your questions as quickly

and as accurately as possible. Please know that your email is important

to us. Our records show that your question/concern has been answered in

a previous email.



If your specific issue still exists or if you have any other issues or

questions, please reply to this message and we would be happy to help

you further.



Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.



Regards,



Jason





Yahoo! Customer Care



Get easy access to all of your favorites.

Make Yahoo! your home page:



http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=38861/*http:/...



For assistance with all Yahoo! services please visit:



http://help.yahoo.com/









Original Message Follows:

-------------------------



Mail-Id: 1170541476-8587

Name: Joe







Type of feedback: Problem



Problem area: Reading and receiving messages



Error message: None



How often this occurs: Don't Know



Type your feedback here:

Customer Service,

You gave me an answer about your

Yahoo capabilities.

You said that Yahoo does not support

Japanese and Chinese characters (I was

asking about KOREAN--It is NOT the

same thing. It is INSULTING to

Koreans to answer that way! Don't you

even know that Korea is a different

country from China and Japan and that

they have a very hostile history?! I

would never call a Korean person

Chinese or Japanese, or vice-versa.

To be in Customer care dealing with

people from various cultures, you

should first get some training in

being "Culturally-aware" so as to not

alienate (pun intended) your

Customers! I learned about China,

Japan and Korea in Elementary school!)

Anyway this is not true.

I have been reading emails written

in BOTH Japanese and Korean up until I

started using your Betamail.

I think it is a problem with

Betamail.

You have to FORWARD this message to

your Technicians and THEY have to run

a CHECK on the system.

Furthermore, as I told you in the

message, other characters DO work but

not Korean.

Why don't you READ my message, TEST

what's wrong, and THEN reply instead

of just thinking of an answer off the

top of your head?

The message was written BY a Yahoo

user, using Yahoo mail in Korea. They

were using your OWN system's input,

not some word-processing program.

Haven't you ever heard of an IME?

Also, I want you to find out WHO

exactly "Jenny" and "Catherine"

consulted with about this question. I

assume they sent an email of the

problem to some technician, as they

are just receptionists. You can't

have receptionists sitting there

writing whatever sounds nice to the

customers. You are going to lose

customers that way!

I expect a thorough answer.

I expect a telephone number to your

Technical department where I can talk

with someone.

I expect this emial to be forwarded

to the management of Yahoo, not just

your supervisor, AND I expect a note

attached saying that I want someone in

the Administrative Offices

(Management) to send me a reply

concerning the WHOLE body of ths email

(the original, Catherine's reply, my

second email, Jenny's reply, and THIS

third email.)

Thank you,

Joe





Yahoo! Mail (newmail@cc.yahoo-inc.com)

wrote:

Hello Joe,



Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Mail.



Although we are continuously working

on improvements to our service,

Yahoo! Mail does not currently support

non-Roman characters (such as

Chinese and Japanese). As a result,

any messages that include these

characters may appear unreadable.



If possible, please have the sender re-

send the message using a US-ASCII

character set.



Thank you again for contacting Yahoo!

Customer Care.



Regards,



Jenny



Yahoo! Customer Care



Get easy access to all of your

favorites.

Make Yahoo! your home page:



http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=38861/*http:...

//promo.yahoo.com/homepage/



For assistance with all Yahoo!

services please visit:



http://help.yahoo.com/









Original Message Follows:

-------------------------



"Mail-Id: 1170481331-9953"

"Name: Joe"



"Yahoo! ID: murj10"



"Type of feedback: Problem"



"Problem area: Reading and receiving "

messages



"Error message: None"



"How often this occurs: Don't Know"



Type your feedback here:

Yahoo,



Please read my original message at

the end of this message. It is very

clear as to exactly what the problem

is.

Your Yahoo email system does NOT give

me the choice of selecting encoding by

using my browser. I get a message

saying "select using "More Actions"

WITHIN the Yahoo email program. When

I TRY to do that, the Korean--ONLY THE

KOREAN--does not work. Have you tried

it yourselves? DO IT!!

How are YOU going to fix the problem?

Please, don't send me an email which

has nothing to do with what I

specifically asked you.

ACKNOWLEDGE that there is a PROBLEM

with your system. If you cannot

support the Korean encoding, SAY SO!!

Then, FIGURE OUT how to SOLVE the

problem!! Then, let me know what you

are doing or have done about it!!



Message from Yahoo, followed by my

original message. Please, read it

all!!



Hello Joe,



Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Mail.



We understand you're experiencing

difficulty with foreign language

character encoding viewed from within

the Yahoo! Mail Beta client. Due

to the wide variety of character

encoding available, you may only be

able to read certain types of

character encoding.



If you're seeing garbled characters,

we recommend adjusting your

browser's character encoding setting.

We've provided instructions for

the most popular browsers below:



Internet Explorer 7.0:

1. Click the View menu.

2. Select Encoding.

3. Click Auto-Select.



Once you've finished viewing a

message, you may need to restore the

original character encoding setting to

view other web sites properly.

If you are viewing a message with

mixed encoding, unfortunately only

one

character encoding set may be viewed

at a time.



Have a great day!



Thank you again for contacting Yahoo!

Customer Care.



Regards,



Catherine



Yahoo! Customer Care





Original Message Follows:

-------------------------



"Mail-Id: 1170396582-7088"

"Name: Joe"



"Yahoo! ID: miyeonandjoe"



"Type of feedback: Problem"



"Problem area: Reading and receiving "

messages



"Error message: Incorrect behavior"



"How often this occurs: Don't Know"



Type your feedback here:

I am trying to read Korean.

When I go to "More Actions" and

choose "Encodings" all of them work on

the drop down menu EXCEPT Korean!

"East Asia" does not work.

Please try it a few times. The menu

of East Asian Languages appears, but

when you move your cursor over to

select one, the menu disappears!

I need to SEE the Korean characters

NOW--it is URGENT!!

Please TEST your pages more often to

make sure they are working properly!!





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"Date Originated: Friday February 2, "

2007 - 21:42:11





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Date Originated: Saturday February 3, 2007 - 14:24:36


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