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"Kudos to Tesla for not only being OK with this guy having a sidegig, but also not trying to be a jerk in demanding a cut. " Please don't give them kudos. This

• ryandrake 8y ago
  Sadly, I think the bad behavior is relatively common. Two of the last three SV companies I’ve worked for assert ownership over everything you do or invent, even on your own time and on your own equipment at home. I don’t know if this is super common or not, or whether or not it’s legal, and I’m certainly not going to spend $XXX,XXX on a lawyer to find out!
  • maxxxxx 8y ago
    That's why this needs to be illegal. The regular guy doesn't have the money to fight stupid contracts.
    • thaumasiotes 8y ago
      It is illegal in Silicon Valley, which is governed by California law. (I'm making an assumption about the meaning of "SV".) But that just means they can't enforce the contract as to work it can't legally apply to, not that they can be hit with penalties for drafting the contract that way. If they choose to fight over it, you'll still have to fight.
• sincerely 8y ago
  Or, more realistically, since societally we are ok with companies doing pretty much anything that is within the bounds of the law and this behavior seems to be legal, maybe we should be giving them kudos?
  • maxxxxx 8y ago
    We should not give them kudos but advocate for changing the law and and mark companies that do stuff like this as assholes.
    • sincerely 8y ago
      That works too :)
• vonmoltke 8y ago
  Unfortunately, there are quite a few "abnormal" companies in that regard.