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Yes, exactly. Which is why you would redact that line and tell them you can only sign the contract without that clause. In the current climate NO software eng
by dotBen 15y ago
Yes, exactly. Which is why you would redact that line and tell them you can only sign the contract without that clause.
In the current climate NO software engineer should be signing any employment contract handed to them without making some change - there is tons of opportunity to leverage better terms in the current market.
- ghshephard 15y agodotBen - do you work in Silicon Valley? Unless you are a CxO, there is almost never any modification of the employment contract, and certainly never any surrounding the IP elements at a VC funded company of any stature. In 95% of the cases, if you won't sign the contract as provided, it's a deal breaker and you aren't hired. I'm not saying there aren't exceptions for special cases. And, clearly for non VC funded companies there is more flexibility - but the employee contract in the valley is pretty much an immutable template.
- dotBen 15y agoghshephard - yes I live and work in SF and Silicon Valley and have done so for 6+ years. I always dictate my own terms on contracts. I advise others to do so too. Have you tried to hire engineers in Silicon Valley? I've heard of employees who've negotiated $50k cash signing bonus, 8 weeks holiday a year, a personal assistant to do their grocery shopping, agreement that the founder will personally invest $300k in the employee's future startup (these are separately, not the same contract). Good engineers can get whatever they want.