Comment on Microsoft Bans Employees From Using DeepSeek App

• DoPeopleLookHere@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • nutt_goblin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • DoPeopleLookHere@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My understanding is clauses that own work made outside of work (hours, resources, nonncompeteing scope, ect…) is not enforceable.

      But if you do anything related to the company, then it’s theirs.

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      • nutt_goblin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah, that sounds correct to me.

        My interpretation is probably distorted by having worked at big companies that have arms in basically every part of software development so there is no side project programming that is “out of scope” there.

        But working at a company with a narrower focus would let you moonlight more freely.

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh? That’s great to hear. That means I’m out of date on that. I have a friend who experienced this once.

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