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I had a job offer from a company with that kind of "Everything you create is ours" clause in the contract(along with a pretty broad non-compete). I think a bit
by bsharitt 9y ago
I had a job offer from a company with that kind of "Everything you create is ours" clause in the contract(along with a pretty broad non-compete). I think a bit part of it was a that it was a remote work position. When I pushed back about it, the guy trying to hire me basically told me "don't worry about it, I've seen it enforced", and I'm not even sure how legally sound the clauses were, but I ended up not taking the job over it.
- corobo 9y agoYeah it's not something I'd ever allow in my contract either anymore. "I've never seen it enforced" just means you might be the first person to have a side project, not worth the risk if you can find a job elsewhere
- derekp7 9y agoIf you really want the job, mention that you do community volunteer work and that you want to make sure that other worthy causes aren't affected -- so you want to send the contract to your lawyer, and have it hashed out between lawyers. Then make sure your lawyer really knows what your goals are so that they can get the wording changed. Specifically, I'd accept wording that included "excludes personal project work done 100% outside of a work context, unless such work is related to a direct work assignment". But a lawyer would have to point out any loopholes in that wording.