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Our boss made us sign a shady document

For starters I know I shouldn't have signed it, this was my first job and I didn't want anything to go wrong. Our whole team got fired today. I was a month ahead of schedule with all of my edits. This document basically said “you can't work in video / media within 70 miles for 2 years after being fired/ leaving” Media is what I went to school for, it's all I know. I'm kind of scared to apply to jobs relating in my field, they might call my boss for a reference and he will connect the dots and bring up the document. Any advise on what I should do? Would a contract like that hold any weight outside the job? Or is that just a tactic to keep us down? And “media” is a real blanket term. Sorry I'm just confused and venting right now. Thank you.


For starters I know I shouldn't have signed it, this was my first job and I didn't want anything to go wrong. Our whole team got fired today. I was a month ahead of schedule with all of my edits.

This document basically said “you can't work in video / media within 70 miles for 2 years after being fired/ leaving”

Media is what I went to school for, it's all I know. I'm kind of scared to apply to jobs relating in my field, they might call my boss for a reference and he will connect the dots and bring up the document.

Any advise on what I should do? Would a contract like that hold any weight outside the job? Or is that just a tactic to keep us down? And “media” is a real blanket term. Sorry I'm just confused and venting right now. Thank you.

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