Are you able to fork it? If so, there is then the issue of who gets to keep the name of the project. Also if you fork it, then now you will maintain two version

Are you able to fork it? If so, there is then the issue of who gets to keep the name of the project. Also if you fork it, then now you will maintain two versions of the software (until you quit your job at that company), so that is another consideration. (It is also possible that the versions will not diverge right away, but might simply be a copy until there is some disagreement about what to do with it.)