and no one irl even has the decency to agree with me because it’s so fucking drilled into the culture that these fucking BuNsInNesSes have a Right to do this because it’s a bSUsniEss. like oh yeah they have an office building so they definitely get to analyze my piss because they say they want to. sick fucking freaks.
preaching to the choir a bit on lemmy (or i would hope so at least) but still
My company has a clause in my contract that says the if I were to develop any software or invent any products while working for the company even if all development work was on my own time, they have rights to it.
I’m positive that that wouldn’t actually stand up in court, but it’s in the document. It’s also in the contract that I can’t have a second job which again I don’t think they can actually mandate.
Yeah. I know when I worked in research I had something similar about anything created with company property. I know they sued someone who left and tried to sell a version of something they created at work and won.
But I know there was specific language about what was owned when working at your free time
Then why you sign and bitch later? Don’t sign it if you don’t want it.
It must be so nice living over in Privilegeville.
Nah, do what you preach.
Don’t like it, don’t sign it.
The cool air of the mountain upon which Privilegeville sits must be laced with something that generates calm smugness.