In a leaked memo, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke put limits on employees having side hustles, saying Shopify requires ‘unshared attention’::Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke discourages employees from side hustles in company memo, saying their jobs require their undivided attention.

  • GreenBottles@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    that would never hold up in court I would imagine so long as you aren’t using company property to write the code

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      1 year ago

      I almost got into legal trouble by them when I left. Their contract also said I couldn’t work within 15 miles around any of their head offices in the world or any of their clients. They had hundreds of clients.

      So I left and I did apply to work for their clients and they told my employer that this was against my contract. The employer laughed and said this isn’t enforceable anywhere. However, when they passed it by their legal department they said that it isn’t worth a legal fight even though it’s easily winnable. Just asked me to wait a year.

    • V H@lemmy.stad.social
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      1 year ago

      Depends on jurisdiction. Worth checking before taking any chances. Also worth considering that an employer willing to put that in the contract may well try to fire you and/or sue you if you come up with something valuable and they decide they want it, so even when you’re in the right it’s often not worth working for a company like that.