A term barring you from poaching clients or coworkers.
A non-solicitation clause bars you, after you leave, from soliciting the company’s customers, employees, or both. It’s narrower than a non-compete — it doesn’t stop you working in the field — but it can still limit who you may contact, and courts enforce it in many places where they’d strike a full non-compete.
“For twelve months after termination, you shall not solicit any Company customer or employee.”
Main AI reads your offer, severance, or agreement and flags terms like this one — what you are agreeing to, and what is worth negotiating.
Analyze my document free →Separate the two promises: not soliciting customers, and not soliciting (poaching) coworkers. Check the duration, whether “customers” means only ones you personally worked with or the whole client list, and whether merely accepting business from someone who approaches you counts as “soliciting.” The narrower and shorter it is, the more likely it holds up. Because non-solicits survive in many states that void non-competes, don’t assume this clause falls just because a non-compete would.
See this in your own document: run a free analysis — findings quote the exact language.
“Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit or accept business from any Company client for two (2) years.”
“Or accept business” turns a non-solicit into something closer to a non-compete — it can bar clients who come to you unprompted. That’s the phrase to negotiate down.