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> ... seriously? If I was told, during a job application, that they'd fire me for what I did in my free time, I'd accuse them of wasting my time, and walk out o
by chollida1 15y ago
> ... seriously? If I was told, during a job application, that they'd fire me for what I did in my free time, I'd accuse them of wasting my time, and walk out on the spot.
The thing is, in a lot of industries doing similar work on your own time is considered a very big no no.
Professional athletes aren't usually allowed to play other sports in their own time.
Hedge fund employees often have huge restrictions on what they are allowed to trade in their own accounts on the side.
Programmers usually can't write software that competes with their employers software.
Often what you do on your own time can be very material to your job.
- EvilTerran 15y agoOkay, I phrased that a bit strongly, I admit. I appreciate the reasons in the examples you give (atheletes: injury; hedge funds: insider trading/pump-and-dump/etc; programmers: well, your boss is paying you to learn to code better as much as to actually code - competing with him, given that, would not be playing nice), but I still don't get it for the original example in the link. I just don't understand how a business could be held liable for the behaviour of its employees when they're not at work, especially if there's a brief disclaimer appropriately placed. If that's really the case, then liability law is screwed. If not, then the business in question is either being paranoid, or disingenuous about its reasons for these rules.
- chollida1 15y ago> I just don't understand how a business could be held liable for the behaviour of its employees when they're not at work, especially if there's a brief disclaimer appropriately placed. Yes fair enough, I agree with that completely.