an outfit unfamilar to you and they required these things of you;
Non-disclosure agreement
Non-competitive agreement
CDL
SS
What is your definition of each? and your take on why these would be necessary?
2006-06-16 07:15:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
A non-disclosure is a statement saying that if you learn company secrets, you will not share them with future or past employers -- or anyone else who is not employed by the same company as the one you signed the non-disclosure with. Necessary because they obviously feel that they have an edge they don't want to lose by someone passing on trade secrets.
Non-competitive agreement -- You agree not to take skills learned on the job and become a direct competitor against the company. Necessary because why would they want to train you if you were just going to leave and compete against them.
CDL - a commercial driver's license. Likely in case you would need to drive a commercial vehicle -- i.e. large truck etc.
SS -- no idea...I'm guessing Social Security # -- meaning you are a citizen of the U.S. -- Likely necessary for how the company is structured in their finance dept. Some companies are willing to handle immigration paperwork or work Visas...but some are not...
2006-06-16 07:22:58 · answer #1 · answered by snomeow 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The previous answers have defined the terms pretty well for you. CDL could also stand for California Driver's License if the company is located in the state of California. As for the non-disclosure, it's very common place and not a big deal. As for the non-compete agreement, it's a tricky issue. For example, if I am a music marketing guy and I sign with a firm and later quit, then I cannot take another job with another music marketing firm for the length of the non-compete agreement. If it's 1 year, 2 years or 3 years!!! Bad thing if your in a very specific job category as it can take away your livelihood. I would normally ask that the non-compete be taken out or limited to a period of no longer than 6months. If they insist, then I would personally consider it a deal breaker.
**Edit:
If they fire you, there should be a clause in the non-compete that releases you from the non-compete.
2006-06-16 07:26:49 · answer #2 · answered by Sugarbear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is standard now that companies with alot of competition or a large company will have you sign these
Non disclosure - means you can not divulge company information to competetors or to anyone outside the company
Non competitive - means you can not (with in the time frame mentioned) open or start a business that would compete with the company hiring you - read it closly it may state you can not work for a competitor within a certain amount of time after you leave their company
They are not bad things just standard to protect the company from people stealing info.
2006-06-16 07:29:27 · answer #3 · answered by Tea Bee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non-disclosure agreement sounds like a policy where you can't talk about what you do because of perhaps govt. secrecy or something.
Non-competitive agreement probably has something to do with having anything to do with any other company they are in competition with such as wearing the competitors logo, using their products, talking to their reps or something like that.
CDL is a form of licensing needed to drive large vehicles such as...Class A you can drive big-rigs and 18 wheelers; Class B you can drive large dump-trucks and things under a certain weight, but once the vehicle hits a certain carrying/towing weight, you need to get classified A.
SS???I don't know. It might be SSN - Social Security Number?
Again, like I said, I'm not positive about all of them, but I am positive about the CDL.
Good Luck :)
2006-06-16 07:24:20 · answer #4 · answered by docsgirl24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non-disclosure means not sharing information
Non competitive means not quitting and working for the competition
CDL Commercial Drivers Llicense
SS unsure
2006-06-16 07:18:45 · answer #5 · answered by 49er 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A non-disclosure agreement means that you are not allowed to tell of the job particulars of the job even after you leave the job itself. A non competitive agreement means that you are not allowed to work for the competition of that comany while you are working for that company untill your job at that company ends.
I am not familiar with the other two terms.
2006-06-16 07:33:06 · answer #6 · answered by David W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A non-compete clause not only prohibits you from taking employment with a competitor, it also prohibits you, within a set time frame, from BECOMING the competition yourself, which in most cases is the true spirit of the clause. I mean, who would want to train you and teach you all about their own operations, only to have you turn around and use their own resources and methods against them?
2006-06-16 08:25:15 · answer #7 · answered by Jennifer M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non-disclosure is you agreeing to not disclose business details.
Non-competitive means you can't work for them and compete against them.
CDL and SS should be required for you to work anywhere, that is how you are certified and where your income is kept track of.
2006-06-16 07:23:43 · answer #8 · answered by zorahudson@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Such things are to restrict the person to move to the next job easily,so as to keep him/her for longer period.This is the spirit behind such things.
2006-06-16 07:25:48 · answer #9 · answered by suchsi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All four answers are here now with multiple users.
2006-06-16 07:25:01 · answer #10 · answered by Irish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋