Hasn’t been true for my past two jobs at least (US based), what I do outside of company premises / my own hardware and my own time is mine. They only own what was done on company’s dime. Not saying it doesn’t happen, but that’s not my experience so far, and I’m not sure if would be legal.
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paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoEver heard about software devs not being able to work on personal projects because all the code they produce, even off the clock is owned by their employer?
ilmagico@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
No, that’s a dystopian scenario.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sadly, it’s not uncommon from what I understand.
DoPeopleLookHere@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Canadian software developer here,
It’s really not. Contracts like that in Canada and US haven’t been used widely in a long time.
nutt_goblin@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Salaried american software developer here. While some large companies have moonlighting carve outs, by and large the rights to any of your work done outside working hours is at the employer’s discretion.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh? That’s great to hear. That means I’m out of date on that. I have a friend who experienced this once.