Non-Compete Contracts: To Sign or Not to Sign?

Non-Competes. Some salons make you sign them before you're even allowed to hold a pair of shears in their salon or are given a chair. But should you sign on the dotted line? As a general rule, non-competes are put in place to protect the salon from loosing their business when a stylist chooses to leave. After all, as a salon owner, you work hard to attract, and retain your clientele, so shouldn't be allowed to protect your business without being named a villain?

But what about the unhappy stylist? If the situation at your current salon is…