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I mean, I get your point, but the contracts are voluntary. You don't have to take the job. Or you can take the job, but refuse to sign the NCA - they may just decide to not hire you. Like every contract, they don't "cease to be voluntary" just because you don't feel like abiding by it any more. And yes, they are almost always time-limited - 6 months, 12 months, sometimes even 18 months. It's a protection for the employer for their investment in you.
I signed a NCA when I took my current job. It doesn't bother me one bit. I just know that if/when I leave, I'll have to be sure that whatever company I go to next isn't covered in the agreement. With my past employer, they didn't have NCA's for employees, but they had non-competes written into the contracts of any company that did business with them. In other words, they restricted other consulting and contractor companies from poaching any of our employees and vice versa. I'm not clear if this new FTC rule prohibit those as well.
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