I'm going to sign with a new company and in the contract I found a strage wording: "may not engage in any other employment, consulting, or other business activity that conflicts or may conflict with the performance of your work" Anybody has seen this before? Why I should not be supposed to do anything I want, granted that I deliver results to my employer and I don't try to compete?
If you're delivering then it isn't conflicting with your performance. Perfectly normal clause
Thanks for your answer! Yeah I understand that if I deliver, then it's not conflicting, but why adding *may conflict* as well?
Covering themselves just in case so there's less room to argue if anything. If you want details on what counts and doesn't as "may conflict" then consult a lawyer. I wouldn't expect this to ever come up though, not like you're advertising your moonlighting at work
I’ve never seen an offer that didn’t include this
In pretty sure that's been in every employment contract I've ever had.
standard
F that. Ask them to strike it or revise it. I change up 100% of contracts presented to me or I refuse to sign, or write my own.
That is a standard clause in contracts these days if they're asking you to work 40 hours a week. When I was a green fledgling I didn't think anything of it, because I wanted to work hard enough for them to eventually hire me full time. Fast forward to today, I am the worn out smelly sock you see before you. That clause is really a load of poop. They're asking you to commit to them as if you were hired full time with benefits. Given that you'll be a contractor, you won't actually get all those benefits. I'm tempted to recommend that you ask them very pointedly why they are giving you a contract that limits your ability to expand your portfolio. I am also tempted to tell you.....what they don't know won't hurt them.
Sorry, probably my question is misleading. This is a full time employment contract. What I was thinking is that they should not care of what I do after work as long as I deliver the expected performance. Why include also *may conflict*? Thanks for you answer by the way!