[justifier]

you forgot ip contracts

i recently had a company try to have me sign a document claiming ownership of anything i create in the time i work for them; meaning the tenure

i asked for clarification and without flinching they asserted that, 'yes, that includes on your own time and your own hardware even in a field wholly disparate from the one the company was in'

i thanked the interviewer for having me in and explained that though i felt they seemed like a kind person the company they were representing was offensive and unethical

first time i ever ended an interview early

[ghaff]

At least it came up early in the process. Usually this is the sort of thing that gets sprung on someone after they've decided to accept an offer.

[JJMcJ]

Often in the first-day paperwork, or in the employee handbook which you don't see until day one, if at all.

In days past, there would sometimes be clauses asserting ownership over all IP for rest of your life, till courts finally declared those too much, since they deprived people of their livelihoods.

Cute factoid: Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel) was an advertising copywriter. He went into children's books because that was all that was permitted under his employment contract.

[crankylinuxuser]

Wow, that is terrible.

I remember the first time I ended an interview early. I was 19. I applied to a food factory job. The general manager interviewed me, and then asked me a question "Are you married, son? We like to support families."

I said "That's an illegal question and you should know better. Good bye."