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Re:Employee works for both Google and Facebook from home by lallysingh on Thursday October 01, 2020 @10:46AM (#24651433)
The guy could be a contractor for both, and some details may have been lost in the telephone game.

Also, the only thing that's a problem is the employment contract. They both surely have clauses about working for someone else in the industry, and/or listing any side businesses.

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Re:Employee works for both Google and Facebook from home by C1sc0cat on Thursday October 01, 2020 @11:04AM (#24651704)
The contract would normally disallow working for competitors

I know when the agency I worked for worked with Disney we signed an exclusivity agreement that we could not work with paramount MGM universal etc.

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Re:Employee works for both Google and Facebook from home by jojo2333 on Thursday October 01, 2020 @01:26PM (#24653687)
Not true. Contractors, by law, have the ability to work when/how they want including for multiple clients.

If there is something specific in the contract, it is a civil issue.

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Re:Employee works for both Google and Facebook from home by justinclift on Thursday October 01, 2020 @10:49AM (#24651461)
Wonder which one will have "exclusive ownership" of any created IP?

If the roles are very different, it could be clear cut. If the roles have substantial overlap though...

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