The origins of these clauses appeared to be entirely from third party lawyers, probably derived from some boilerplate contract. I presume their priority is to m

The origins of these clauses appeared to be entirely from third party lawyers, probably derived from some boilerplate contract. I presume their priority is to maximise legal "protection" for the company at all cost... even if it drives employees away, so it's not necessarily something the company explicitly asked for. They may not have explicitly asked for any particular clause but when someone in the GC’s office of a company large enough to have a GC reaches out to outside counsel to have one of these agreements drafted the general tone and parameters are very much discussed. If the resulting contract is very one sided and anti-employee it’s because that’s what the company that paid for it to be drafted wanted. Don’t be fooled into thinking otherwise.