I really hate blanket IP restrictions in employee agreements, and take pains to get folks to carve out areas that we don't have rights to. But having had more

I really hate blanket IP restrictions in employee agreements, and take pains to get folks to carve out areas that we don't have rights to. But having had more than one employee who was really only skating by, only to find they were spending more than half of their work hours on their side idea, which was pretty much in competition with part of our offering, I can understand the attraction of these clauses. Ethics is a two way street. I shouldn't own every thought that comes into your head as an employee, but if you're dickish enough to think "pay me while I build a business at your expense and on your time" is a business plan, then I don't have a problem making that attitude painful.