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Thanks for the response. Does it seem strange that they're being bullish about letting me review these policies prior to accepting? They've sent me all the bene
by TossOut 15y ago
Thanks for the response. Does it seem strange that they're being bullish about letting me review these policies prior to accepting? They've sent me all the benefit information: vacation, medical and dental, stock, etc. I feel like this last piece of information is equally as important when evaluating the offer.
As an analogy, the company I previously worked for did application development. It was their policy to release all source as part of the project, but that did not imply that we would never engage on a similar project in the future. After we priced, scoped, built and deployed a project, a client came back to us and requested we sign a non-compete and decline to work on any projects related to it. We replied that we would have been happy to, but would have significantly impacted the cost of the original project (eg, what is the cost of future revenues that we'd have to miss). The conversation stopped there.
To rephrase my additional question, is it unusual to ask to review policies related to confidentiality, non compete, non disclosure, non solicitation and other employee covenants?
- euroclydon 15y agoYou're correct that the policies are an important piece of information, but where you're mistaken is thinking there's a chance in hell they will be favorable to you. You'll find this to be universally true among companies of this size. If you have pre-existing IP, there will be a method to document it laid out in the policies. If you develop unrelated IP completely in your spare time and using your own resources while employed there, there may be language in their policies that describe an avenue to lay claim to this IP.