Amazon is removing its non-compete clause for hourly workers

Having a non-compete clause in an employee’s contract ensures that, at least for some time after leaving the company, the employee won’t be able to use their skills to help competing companies. It’s something that makes sense for high-skill, upper-level jobs but is it really necessary for Amazon to have a non-compete clause for the regular hourly workers? The company has received quite a bit of criticism for this and has finally decided to do something about it by removing the clause.