Simple Question

Recently someone at my workplace was fired. For many reason but one thing stuck out, he had been coding in a language the company did not use.

I won't go into depth but the language he was coding in is NOT the same one that we use and trained him on. He also did minimal work in the correct language. No one knows what he did with the "incorrect" code as it obviously can not work in our application.

IT confirms he was coding a solid 8 hours per day, but evidently, not for us. Of course he had only recently been hired a few months ago so it was assumed he was coming up to speed.

The real question is, what if he were "freelancing" for another company or individual?

We would claim all rights to the work right? As he was working on our time. Doesn't matter if the other company didn't right right?

>Doesn't matter if the other company didn't right right?

Doesn't matter if the other company did not know right?

Did his contract have a clause that said all his work was company property? If not, fuck off you thieving niggers.

>If not, fuck off you thieving niggers.

Um what? This person was paid handsomely for the "work" he was supposed to be doing.

Any work done on company time can certainly be considered out property.

He hardly did the work he was assigned, yet "worked" on "something" most of the time.

Nothing about it is thieving, if you paid someone to do "X" job but they worked on another employers project on your time, would you not be angry?

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Fuck off op

>Um what? This person was paid handsomely for the "work" he was supposed to be doing.
Should've kept a better eye on him.
>Any work done on company time can certainly be considered out property.
Is that in the contract?
>He hardly did the work he was assigned, yet "worked" on "something" most of the time.
And he was fired for it. Case closed.
>Nothing about it is thieving, if you paid someone to do "X" job but they worked on another employers project on your time, would you not be angry?
Of course I would be angry. But I would be more angry that it was allowed to happen, especially if I let it happen.

No. He's right. He was basically just stealing company time.

Heh, wow.

Hope you fucks have the same happen to you, this employee stole from us and you defend him.

What a shit world with shit people.

>But I would be more angry that it was allowed to happen, especially if I let it happen.

Yes, we are dealing with that. Supervision for adults with masters degrees now. Sad.

Not really, he did the minimum that was asked of him to do, so he did his,job, wasted the rest of the time writing his own shit. Your company didnt appreciate that and he got fired for not being "on task at work". There was already consequences to his actions. If,you want legal advice look,elsewhere. You are nit entitled to what he created just because he did it on company time.

Yeah very scummy thing to do on but never the less its not the company's unless specified on the contract.

>You are nit entitled to what he created just because he did it on company time.

Pretty much every lawyer ever disagrees. But whatever, pretty sure we are wiping the box and forgetting it all.

But yeah, probably not my best idea to come asking here.

Tell that to the ARK developers. They're going through a multi-million dollar lawsuit due to this exact scenario.

If you can afford to go to court then do so. That's the only way you'll get his work.
Also you could just withhold his final check. Most companies that do this never see a lawsuit from employees because most low level employees cant afford to hire a lawyer for these purposes that bigger companies can draw out.
If the company can afford it, then sure they can go to court whether they win or not is a different story.

>If a parking guard writes a book in his booth the manuscript belongs to the parking owner, right?

That's a fucking terrible analogy. Fuck off retard.

It's a fucking perfect analogy. He did his job and his own work too.

You're a moron.

Look, you're obviously upset because you feel cheated, but it's your company's fault. If it paid well and gave rewarding work, he wouldn't have to do any work on the side.

Thats not me, im the OP.

(you)

Its actually a spot on analogy you fucking idiot. He got fired for not "performing" up to speed. Unless theres a specific statement in the contract or your company wants to blow fuck all in legal bills you're shit out of luck mate.

You could build a case around "he did it on company time on company machines" but it's going to be a legal battle. If you didn't put specific language in his contract specifying that all work he produces, at home and at work, no matter the circumstance, you're going to be facing a different situation. Where is the company based? This is important