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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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  • fvan
    fvan over 8 years ago +6
    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…
  • DAB
    DAB over 8 years ago +5
    They tried to pull this kind of agreement on engineers in the 1980's and after some lawyers saw it they informed the company that such an agreement was illegal in the US and they went away. We did have…
  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 8 years ago in reply to mcb1 +4
    mcb1 wrote: ... 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…
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  • kas.lewis
    kas.lewis over 5 years ago

    Had an offer like this, asked them to change the contract they ended up moving on and I'm happy they did. Any company with such an attitude is not a compny I want to be part of or a company people can truly feel free to thrive.

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    kas.lewis over 5 years ago

    Had an offer like this, asked them to change the contract they ended up moving on and I'm happy they did. Any company with such an attitude is not a compny I want to be part of or a company people can truly feel free to thrive.

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