Outside of work hours and following any non-compete clauses in the contract, I would say companies shouldn't own ideas generate/worked on outside your day job h

Outside of work hours and following any non-compete clauses in the contract, I would say companies shouldn't own ideas generate/worked on outside your day job hours. I know this is not common with many companies in the North American workplace though. I personally had a contract which had a total ownership clause offered to me. I got lucky when discussing the general idea of it with an ex-coworker, who got me a full-time contract at a second company with no such clause. I much preferred the second place anyways, as I had done some work with them through university.