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The reason I refuse to work for Amazon is because they claim ownership of every side project you make on your own time, with your own equipment, just because yo
by hifumi 10y ago
The reason I refuse to work for Amazon is because they claim ownership of every side project you make on your own time, with your own equipment, just because you are employed there.
- brianwawok 10y agoMany Big Cos do. One reason you are often better off working for small companies. Risk is they can't always pay as well.
- johnward 10y agoCan confirm. Was acquired and had to sign the same "we own everything you do even in your own time" agreement.
- dhimes 10y agoIs that enforceable though?
- kzisme 10y agoPretty sure recently I read that this can't be enforced very easily (looking for source)
- 0xmohit 10y agoI guess the fine print in the employment contracts of most companies says so. The degree of enforcement might vary, though.
- quantumhobbit 10y agoDoesn't matter what the courts say if the mere threat of a lawsuit can scare off investors in a future startup.
- chmike 10y agoThat is a bery good rason not to work there. Thank you.
- jckelley 10y agoThis isn't true. They own side-projects the relate to your direct job or that can directly compete with Amazon. If your side project is a compression algorithm and you work in website design, Amazon doesn't really have any right to your stuff. It's actually a pretty standard invention agreement across tech companies.
- InclinedPlane 10y agoSadly, this seems to have changed. Several years ago the policy used to be that what you developed on your own time was your own, and even if you used company resources and spent time while at work on "your own" inventions, they still belonged to you as long as it wasn't an excessive amount. For example, if you printed out something or used a copier, or did a google search at work, etc. It seems they decided that was too good for the drones though.