Re:Avow-CI Is No More
by rmc on Monday April 14, 2014 @01:38PM
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There are limitations to the rights you can sign away and agreements you can enter into. For example, you cannot agree to work for less than the minimum wage, and any contract of that form is not binding.
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Right, but this isn't one of those.
Best course of action here is the guy takes it as a lesson learned and reads his future employment contracts closer.
I think this should be one of them. You should not be able to sign away the right to work on other programming projects on your spare time.
Re:Avow-CI Is No More
by WalterBright on Monday April 14, 2014 @07:01PM
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Employment contract terms are also negotiable.
True, most of the time. But in general, for most people, the bigger the company, the less negotiable the contract terms.
Re:Avow-CI Is No More
by WalterBright on Monday April 14, 2014 @08:50PM
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That's a myth, especially for salaried people.
Companies aren't going to lose a good hire over a reasonable term change. I've heard the "this is non-negotiable", but when you get up to walk away, it becomes negotiable, as long as what you're asking for is reasonable.