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These policies, when they exist, tend to be very entrenched in the organization. The legal department will push management to keep them so they can avoid the as
by _bxg1 7y ago
These policies, when they exist, tend to be very entrenched in the organization. The legal department will push management to keep them so they can avoid the associated risks.
I would look for another job. While these clauses are relatively common, it's also relatively easy to find employers with less restricting policies. You'll probably have better luck at tech-led companies, in general. I think I've also heard that California's employment law doesn't allow this sort of thing, FWIW.
- ace32229 7y agoWhat legal risk is the company at without a clause like this?
- ghostpepper 7y agoI am not a lawyer but my guess is their fear (no idea how plausible) would be a situation where an employee creates an open source project and uses it at work in a way where it becomes critical to the business, then later leaves the company and demands some sort of royalties/licensing
- megous 7y agoIf it's opensource under the usual OSS licenses, the former emplpyee can only demand something for further work/improvements, not for already existing code. And companies typically have no trouble critically relying on OSS projects they have no chance of forking/maintaining if something changes that they can't accept.
- saagarjha 7y agoYour employee creates your direct competitor.