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>awyers for Hall say Amazon executives repeatedly led him to believe the company would not enforce the non-competition provision of its “boilerplate” confidentiality agreement, in discussions before and after he signed the contract in June 2018.

After, sure. But anything they say before you sign the contract is totally void, because every contract explicitly says "this is the only contract, anything beforehand is overruled by this".

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After too. Almost every contract of this type explicitly says that it can only be changed in writing, signed by both sides.

Early-career, you'll likely get f-ed by "boilerplate" contracts, since you don't have the negotiating leverage to push back yet. Expect it.

Once you're established, push back or don't join.

These kinds of litigations don't make the news often (it's to no one's benefit they become public, and everyone signs an NDA at the end), but they're pretty common.

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