Non Competes enforceable in CA?

If you work for a company that is headquartered outside of CA and as a condition of employment, you were required to sign a on year non compete agreement (that says that you can't even work for a company that sells any of the same types of products that you do ), is that enforceable if you want to go work for a competitor?

sorry, I should have added I work in California.

In California, in general, non competes are only enforcable if you are starting your own business, not if you are just going to work for a competing company. This is because California is a "right to work" state and your current employer can not prevent you from working in your industry. Honestly, is your right to tell your current employer it is not any of their business who you are going to work for next or make something up and tell them you are going to work in a whole different field.

courts will look at many different parts of a non-compete clause to see if they will enforce it

They look at the time frame how long is the non-compete, then they look at the scope of the non-compete, then look at your lively hood,

side note many of a companies customer list is considered equity of the company and you may be estopped from using their customer list of private collected information contain within the list at a competitor

i have always had to sign non-compete agreements...and simply ---yes they are enforceable...
why would you want to risk it ?

good luck :)

They're enforceable no matter where you are or where the company headquarters are.