Restrictive Covenant Compliance

Citadel has a strict policy that you must comply with any obligations you have to former employers (which for purposes hereof includes any partnership of which you were a member and any other relevant third parties). Although the guidelines below may be broader than your agreements with former employers or the law, Citadel nonetheless requires you to comply with this policy to avoid even the possibility of a dispute with your former employer. Citadel requires that you adhere to these guidelines for each obligation applicable to you. Any exceptions must be approved in writing by Enterprise Legal in advance. If you do not know your obligations to your former employer, contact your former employer or Citadel recruiting.

 

Confidentiality:

•    Return all of your former employers' information to them before starting at Citadel.
•    Do not use confidential information belonging to a former employer or any third party at Citadel.
•    Do not bring, send or disclose to Citadel, any such confidential information.
•    Do not attempt to replicate intellectual property of your former employer or any third party.
•    Do not review third party patents unless requested to do so by Citadel's attorneys.
•    When using third party software or IP, ensure use complies with Citadel's license.
•    If you come into possession of any information you believe might be confidential to your former employer or a third party, do not use or disclose it and contact Legal immediately.

Non-Competition: 

 

Non-Solicitation 

 
(application of these guidelines may depend on the language of your contract, and will last until expiration of any non-solicitation period; consult with Legal and HR to confirm scope of coverage):
•    Employees: You must not directly or indirectly solicit any employee, partner, officer, or director of your former employer or contact them to discuss a potential departure from your former employer.
•    Review your contract to see if it also prohibits solicitation of those who do not currently work at your former employer, but did within a certain period preceding your departure. If it does, do not solicit them either.
•    Should any potentially restricted employee contact you to discuss leaving your former employer or joining Citadel, you must not engage in that discussion. An appropriate response would be "Thank you for your interest, but I am bound by non-solicitation obligations and cannot discuss the matter."
•    If any Citadel employee or agent asks you about a potentially restricted employee, you must inform them of your non-solicit and refuse to provide any positive or neutral feedback. You may not provide a reference or other information that could be viewed as indirect solicitation for any potentially restricted employee, without pre-approval from legal.
•    Clients: You must also refrain from directly or indirectly soliciting any current or former client, customer or investor of your former employer, or otherwise interfering with your prior employers' relationships with its current and prospective clients, customers and investors.  This is particularly important for those of you in sales and marketing roles.  (The scope of client non-solicits vary widely, so consult your own agreements carefully).