I have some Confero shops in my area, but I would have to sign their service agreement which includes the following:
"5. Restrictive Covenant. Shopper may provide his/her independent shopper services to other companies which compete with Confero. However, for two years after acceptance of any assignment for Confero, Shopper will not engage in, own an interest in, manage, control, become employed by, represent, participate in or be connected to the management or control of any business which provides mystery shopping services to end clients or competes with Confero; or attempt to influence Confero Clients to place their business with any other individual or business. To avoid conflicts of interest and to preserve confidential Confero client information in a competitive business environment, Shopper may not be engaged by or employed as a mystery shop scheduler, editor or manager for any other company that competes with Confero at the time he/she is an active mystery shopper with Confero, unless Confero has provided specific approval of that relationship in advance. To avoid conflicts of interest, Shopper may not seek or accept mystery shop or audit assignments from Confero for any end client with whom Shopper is currently employed, formerly employed or have close friends of family members who are currently employed or formerly employed by Confero's end client."
I am baffled by this. Does it make sense to ANYONE that you would sign onto this restrictive of a non-compete clause for a handful of $10.00 shops? So if the company that I have worked for for over 10 years calls me up and says "Hey, how would you like to get a full time job as a scheduler for us?" or any of Confero's clients offered me a position I would have to say "No, I took this $10.00 gig for Confero and now I can't accept your life changing job offer for two years." (and no, I would not disclose any information that would tie Confero with a specific client or job).
I may understand if I was signing up as a partner on Confero's leadership and knew all the ins and outs of Confero's business model. But we are talking about writing 1500 characters about how cold my cheeseburger was and how the waitress didn't say "Have a burgerlicious day"- (disclosure- I have never shopped for Confero and have no idea what their shops entail or who their client's are) and for that they want me to sign a non-compete?
Can someone help me out with this?
I am happy to work with any company that treats me fairly, but this kind of clause for the work performed is just beyond me.