Lombasted by an old employer for quitting and immediately creating a startup?
Does anyone have any knowledge of employees of tech companies being sued for starting a startup immediately after quitting the company. Particularly when the company had nothing to do with the new startup, but where the company thought they could make a “technical” claim as owner of the “ip” or “concept” the startup is focused around? What if the startup began as a side project while employed?
As long as it's legal, don't give two shits. Business is business.
Or one shit even
Meaning that I shouldn’t worry about recourse from employer?
I don’t know about you, but paperwork I signed laid claim to any and all work I do while I’m an employee, during work hours or not, related to work or not. So I can see where an employer would say, if you opened your startup moments after you left, then the ideation and setup was during the time when they owned all your output. Not saying it’s right or that you/he/she shouldn’t resist in court, but I know where the argument comes from. People sometimes forget the paperwork they signed on day one.
Yes, however, this never holds in court. It’s a scare strategy by employees to prevent you from dividing your attentions
Yea, but most employers don’t actually act on this right? I can see an employer actually going through the trouble if the employee violated the spirit of the agreement and actually did use legitimate company IP and resources. But to sue just because the idea is profitable, that doesn’t happen does it?
Usually employment agreements state that anything you create while employed (whether side project or not) is property of the company. Check your paperwork for a proprietary information and inventions agreement. But yes, lawyer. :)
Sounds like an episode of Silicon Valley. Get a good lawyer.
This. I definitely recommend the OP to watch HBO’s Silicon Valley.
I’ve seen it. My question is, is this happening? Are smart engineers finding themselves in situations that their former employees go out of their way to try to continue benefitting from an employee after he/she has left the company?
I believe the term is “lambasted” or “bombasted”....
Reminds me of the Smule scandal. You should look that one up
Lawyer.
I doubt my lawyer would offer me antidotes from the Blind community.