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That's rather nuts. That your employer can forbid you from saying you work there.

• ModernMech 4y ago
  No, the employer is forbidding you from using their name to turn a profit on your off time. What's nuts about that? Isn't it any organization's prerogative to maintain control of their brand, and their employees' use of that brand in the public sphere?
  • nisegami 4y ago
    If you have problems with an employee stating "I work for x" then the only reasonable recourse should be to let them go. How can you police stating a fact to that degree?
    • ModernMech 4y ago
      You frame this as "stating a fact" but it's actually "running a side business". Just because it is a fact, doesn't make the side business any less relevant. An employee is free to say "I work at X". They are not free to use the fact that they work at X to make money. > How can you police stating a fact to that degree? In the course of your employment anywhere, your employer is free to prevent you from making all kinds of statements of fact. If you do make them against their will, they are free to sue you for causes of action such as breach of contract.