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Post by the light works on Mar 14, 2016 15:28:55 GMT
the other side of that coin is when my wife had to sell her grooming shop, she included an agreement that she would not reopen in the same service area, or go to work for a competing shop. (which, of course, she had no intention of doing since she was selling her shop because she could no longer do the work)
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Post by Lokifan on Mar 14, 2016 15:57:06 GMT
In California, non-compete clauses for employees are virtually unenforceable and therefore considered invalid by the courts (Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP, 44 Cal.4th 937) as they are considered restraint of trade. Even though it's still in most employment contracts, no one takes it seriously. If they did, Silicon Valley would have shut down long ago. They are valid in certain cases where the person in a business owner who sold "goodwill" as part of the sale. Learned something interesting about just what "goodwill" is in accounting. It's the premium paid over the actual price of the business assets at the time of the sale. So, if the assets on the books amount to $1 million, and someone pays $1.1 million, that $100K is "goodwill". It has no other legal meaning. Ever hear of a "Silicon Valley Lunch"? You ask your boss for a raise, and he says no. At lunch, you walk over to your competitor and ask what they'll pay you to work for them. If the offer is good, you take it, then call your boss and quit. If it's not good, you go back to your boss and keep working. Never did it myself, but I know others who claimed to have done so. California always has the "gold rush" mentality in the good times. There were times when if you had a pulse and didn't drool on your tie, you could find a job in the industry.  |
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Post by the light works on Mar 14, 2016 17:05:02 GMT
In California, non-compete clauses for employees are virtually unenforceable and therefore considered invalid by the courts (Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP, 44 Cal.4th 937) as they are considered restraint of trade. Even though it's still in most employment contracts, no one takes it seriously. If they did, Silicon Valley would have shut down long ago. They are valid in certain cases where the person in a business owner who sold "goodwill" as part of the sale. Learned something interesting about just what "goodwill" is in accounting. It's the premium paid over the actual price of the business assets at the time of the sale. So, if the assets on the books amount to $1 million, and someone pays $1.1 million, that $100K is "goodwill". It has no other legal meaning. Ever hear of a "Silicon Valley Lunch"? You ask your boss for a raise, and he says no. At lunch, you walk over to your competitor and ask what they'll pay you to work for them. If the offer is good, you take it, then call your boss and quit. If it's not good, you go back to your boss and keep working. Never did it myself, but I know others who claimed to have done so. California always has the "gold rush" mentality in the good times. There were times when if you had a pulse and didn't drool on your tie, you could find a job in the industry. a more esoteric description of that "goodwill" is that you are buying the patronage of the seller's customers. - which is why the noncompete clause is valid. another term my family uses is "blue sky". when you buy a business, you are buying the assets, and a the rest of the sale price is buying blue sky. |
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Post by Lokifan on Mar 14, 2016 18:13:12 GMT
Or, it's the profit the business seller makes over the value of the business itself. Naturally, the buyer is hoping to recoup that profit in some way, either by running the business or selling it off piece by piece.
At least, that's how the accountants look at it.
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Post by blazerrose on Mar 15, 2016 1:00:38 GMT
Getting back on topic...
What will the Bothan miss the most about the show?
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Post by silverdragon on Mar 15, 2016 7:31:13 GMT
New question: Are you related to The Stig?  They're both mysterious, very few people know who they really are*, they work for popular TV series... *Yes, I know The Stig's identity has been revealed... That was the "last" stig, and it was the worst kept secret in UK, as everyone knew who he was anyway, yet the BBC still insisted he keep up the pretence even to him having to eat on his own, even when the guests called him by his real name whilst on set and filming. The new batch (reports are there is more than one) have been signed under different contracts to prevent them self identifying. |
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Post by silverdragon on Mar 15, 2016 7:32:19 GMT
Back on topic.
At what stage did YOU realise just what you were doing... and getting paid for.....
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Mar 16, 2016 1:59:51 GMT
Have you meet any of the Mythbusters in person or do you just know them via a third party (producers, phone calls, skype ect)?
Have you ever been to M5 or M7?
What is your proudest achievement from the show?
What's your biggest stuff up/mistake you've made working on the show?
Were there any myths you were asked to work on/requests that were made to you for the show that made you think what the Hades are these guys on?
Have you ever had a "What the Hades am I doing?" moment while working on the show?
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Post by OziRiS on Mar 19, 2016 18:16:28 GMT
I've got one: What exactly does a "Bothan" do for a show like MythBusters? We've only ever heard of you as "the Bothan", but have never actually known what your job was and how that gave us the privilege of being as close to the show as we ended up being. And thank you for that, by the way!  |
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Post by OziRiS on Mar 19, 2016 18:29:44 GMT
In California, non-compete clauses for employees are virtually unenforceable and therefore considered invalid by the courts (Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP, 44 Cal.4th 937) as they are considered restraint of trade. Even though it's still in most employment contracts, no one takes it seriously. If they did, Silicon Valley would have shut down long ago. They are valid in certain cases where the person in a business owner who sold "goodwill" as part of the sale. Learned something interesting about just what "goodwill" is in accounting. It's the premium paid over the actual price of the business assets at the time of the sale. So, if the assets on the books amount to $1 million, and someone pays $1.1 million, that $100K is "goodwill". It has no other legal meaning. Ever hear of a "Silicon Valley Lunch"? You ask your boss for a raise, and he says no. At lunch, you walk over to your competitor and ask what they'll pay you to work for them. If the offer is good, you take it, then call your boss and quit. If it's not good, you go back to your boss and keep working. Never did it myself, but I know others who claimed to have done so. California always has the "gold rush" mentality in the good times. There were times when if you had a pulse and didn't drool on your tie, you could find a job in the industry. I did that once. Got the competitor's offer in writing, went back to my boss, told him I liked where I was, but I needed the extra money and could probably come to like working for the other guy as well, so your move. Match it by the end of the week, or I'm gone. He did, threw in 2 extra paid vacation days and I stayed for another 2 years. I've made a habit of doing the same thing with my bank, insurance company, phone provider and ISP at least once every two years. Check out the competition, go back and ask if my current service will match or do better. I'm doing it with my ISP on Monday. Just saw a commercial on TV about an hour ago where they're offering new customers 50/20 Mbit DSL for less than half the price of what I get my 20/20 for now. That's just taking the pizza, as SD would say, so I'm demanding that they give me a similar or better deal, or I'm switching to another company that doesn't stiff their loyal customers (I've been with them for the entire 8 years I've lived here). There will be absolutely no tolerance for discussion on this! If they can offer that to new customers, they can sure as Hades offer it to existing, loyal customers as well! |
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Post by Cybermortis on Mar 25, 2016 17:25:20 GMT
More questions please, I'd like to be able to finish this in the next week or so.
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Post by the light works on Mar 25, 2016 18:30:32 GMT
not sure if this has been asked, but:
what was YOUR favorite myth, YOUR favorite build, YOUR favorite unexpected result?
what myth would you want them to do as a bonus myth?
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Post by silverdragon on Mar 26, 2016 5:50:01 GMT
If the show was ever to continue with a change in presenters, who would you suggest as new presenters?.
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Post by silverdragon on Mar 26, 2016 5:51:12 GMT
How long is a typical filming day?.. is it all "as planned" or, is it as we sometimes see, sun up to sun down, and long long days.
What do you do whilst waiting?
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Post by silverdragon on Mar 26, 2016 5:53:53 GMT
Over the years, you have had to ask for some pretty "Exotic" materials, especially the times you used Alkali in water to create explosions.
I will presume you needed lengthy form-filling-in to get that stuff.
Do the authorities get used to that in a "Oh its you lot again", or do you get overwatched by some pretty seriously investigators?..
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Mar 26, 2016 10:18:10 GMT
Over the years, you have had to ask for some pretty "Exotic" materials, especially the times you used Alkali in water to create explosions. I will presume you needed lengthy form-filling-in to get that stuff. Do the authorities get used to that in a "Oh its you lot again", or do you get overwatched by some pretty seriously investigators?.. & following that vein What is the weirdest thing you've been ask to do/get for the show. |
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Post by the light works on Mar 26, 2016 12:30:04 GMT
Over the years, you have had to ask for some pretty "Exotic" materials, especially the times you used Alkali in water to create explosions. I will presume you needed lengthy form-filling-in to get that stuff. Do the authorities get used to that in a "Oh its you lot again", or do you get overwatched by some pretty seriously investigators?.. & following that vein What is the weirdest thing you've been ask to do/get for the show. and on the other side of that vein; we know you had specific local field officers you worked with a lot - did you also have certain people in the offices that you usually talked to, or did you get new contacts every time you needed a special permit? |
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Post by OziRiS on Mar 28, 2016 9:04:17 GMT
More questions please, I'd like to be able to finish this in the next week or so. I'd love to come up with more, but I kind of need my first one answered before I can ask anything meaningful... As long as I don't know who your bothan is or at least what he/she does for the show, any follow-up questions will be shots in the dark where the answers might just be, "I don't have anything to do with that part of the show." |
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Post by Cybermortis on Mar 28, 2016 13:53:26 GMT
The Bothan was involved in the pre production/research stage of the series, not the filming, post production or permit/legal aspects.
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Post by the light works on Mar 28, 2016 14:10:57 GMT
we know pyramid power and the spinning bullet on ice were among he strangest myths filmed.
what was the strangest thing that got rejected?
was there ever anything that came and was sent across as a prank?
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