AI can't wait 12 months: Arm engineer slams UK garden leaves and non-competes
alexvoica · x · 2026-09-30
Arm engineer alexvoica reflects on 16 years in the UK and criticizes garden leaves and non-competes: large companies exploit worker-protection laws to put golden handcuffs on top talent, who may wait up to a year before working again. He argues this is especially damaging in AI, where the frontier moves so fast that companies and founders need to hire in weeks or a couple of months — and the practice is unfair to employees regardless.
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