Ms. Liam Sandof came to work for BuyherePayhere Carpets in St. Louis as their sales manager two months ago. Prior to coming to BuyherePayhere, Liam had worked for twenty-three years in St. Louis in the carpet sales industry and was making $200,000 a year. She signed a covenant-not-to-compete with BuyherePayhere, in which she acknowledged that she was an employee-at-will and in which she promised not to compete in the carpet sales and service industry within 100 miles of the St. Louis Arch for four years after either she quit or was fired.After two months BuyherePayhere decides they don't like Liam and they fire her. They advise her that she is bound by the covenant-not-to-compete and will be immediately sued if she tries to go back to her old job or tries to sell carpet in the St. Louis area before four years is up.Carpet sales is the only trade Liam knows. She is the sole support of her six children and disabled mother.

Discuss the fairness of covenants-not-to-compete agreements from both the employer and employee viewpoints.