Ha--indentured servitude is right and exactly why I have avoided salaried employment for most of the past 10 years.

I did have occasion to speak to a lawyer following one unfortunate instance where I accepted employment and was told that non-competes are notoriously difficult to enforce and the greater the geographic radius and the longer the time limit, the harder they are to make stick. Unfortunately I think companies count on the fear factor that takes hold when most people sign a non-compete. I'm not sure that they intend to actually chase after a person as much as bully employees into assuming that the clause is enforceable and therefore something by which they must abide.