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Would you work for a company if....

They told you that anything you create/invent  while under contract with them becomes their property but has nothing to do with their company?

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  • I suspect intellectual property is what such a contract clause is trying to capture. Companies have a vested interest in what you are thinking, since they may have contributed to the thought.

     

    The employee/employer relationship has changed. Employers are trying to secure, with a contact, the benefits they once received but were assumed in the former relationship. Loyalty and quid pro quo (you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours) was part of that old relationship. That benefit is no longer part of the new employee/employer relationship. You are paid and when no longer required you are released.

     

    Employees need to recognize the new relationship paradigm. They need to be vigilant and understand the most important person to look out for their interest is themselves. Looking out for number one is a survival skill best learned early. The company can promise and try but in the end they have an underlying conflict of interest.

     

    Sean

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  • I suspect intellectual property is what such a contract clause is trying to capture. Companies have a vested interest in what you are thinking, since they may have contributed to the thought.

     

    The employee/employer relationship has changed. Employers are trying to secure, with a contact, the benefits they once received but were assumed in the former relationship. Loyalty and quid pro quo (you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours) was part of that old relationship. That benefit is no longer part of the new employee/employer relationship. You are paid and when no longer required you are released.

     

    Employees need to recognize the new relationship paradigm. They need to be vigilant and understand the most important person to look out for their interest is themselves. Looking out for number one is a survival skill best learned early. The company can promise and try but in the end they have an underlying conflict of interest.

     

    Sean

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