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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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  • Why would you invent something that has nothing to do with the company, while at work?

     

     

    Whatever you programming/create/invent in the context of your job, while at work, becomes property of the company, and I think that's normal. Whatever unrelated activity you do at home, is yours.

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  • Why would you invent something that has nothing to do with the company, while at work?

     

     

    Whatever you programming/create/invent in the context of your job, while at work, becomes property of the company, and I think that's normal. Whatever unrelated activity you do at home, is yours.

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  • in reply to fvan

    no regardless of being at work or at home anything you invent/create becomes their property while under contract with them.

  • in reply to gam3t3ch

    If it was very lucrative and exclusive job, for a short period of time (1-2y), perhaps I would.

     

    What's the employer's reason for such a clause, or the logic behind it?

  • in reply to fvan

    Some companies put whatever they can get away with in their contracts (...and you're a video blogger. Watch out for groups that ask you to join their channel - they have similar clauses on your past and future creative output).

    Many of these clauses can't be enforced in our country because not legal.

  • in reply to gam3t3ch

    That would be a very interesting clause and one I doubt would be enforceable in any court.

     

    I'd be challenging them and changing the clause to 'while at work and being paid'.

     

    My daughter had a clause in her contract about not being able to do the same work after leaving for x months, despite being employed as experienced in the job. The clause was an error and got amended to within 1 or 2km radius for x months, which basically stopped poaching customers if she left.

     

    In NZ you have the right to take any contract away and get legal advice.

     

    Cheers

    Mark

  • in reply to mcb1

    mcb1 wrote:

     


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    My daughter had a clause in her contract about not being able to do the same work after leaving for x months, despite being employed as experienced in the job. The clause was an error and got amended to within 1 or 2km radius for x months, which basically stopped poaching customers if she left.

     

    In NZ you have the right to take any contract away and get legal advice.

     

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    Mark

    I had a same clause when doing consultancy - restricting my future possibilities to work for any of the company's customers.

    Legal advisor of my union said: "just sign it. It's not enforceable in Belgium and it will make the company's position weaker if they would start a dispute with me for any contractual reason. Only valid for a well defined set of jobs"

  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    Interesting.

    This was well defined and I could see some validity in having it BUT if the customers are that fickle, then maybe you really don't need them.