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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who has since moved on to greener and perhaps more dangerous pastures, told an audience of Stanford students recently that

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who has since moved on to greener and perhaps more dangerous pastures, told an audience of Stanford students recently that “Google decided that work-life balance and going home early and working from home was more important than winning.” Evidently this hot take was not for wider consumption, as Stanford — which posted the video this week on YouTube — today made the video of the event private.

  • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
    71·
    3 months ago

    That’s not really how IP works. Just because you think of something while eating a sandwich that Google paid for, that doesn’t mean they own it. Your brain is not “company resources”. The sandwich was not necessary for the brainstorm.

    It’s smarter to think up good ideas away from the office, but it’s completely legal to take knowledge and experience with you when you leave the company.

    • mercEnglish
      123·
      3 months ago

      Just because you think of something while eating a sandwich that Google paid for, that doesn’t mean they own it.

      Ok, feel free to argue that against Google’s lawyers. The law may be on your side, but the lawyers aren’t.

      • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
        41·
        3 months ago

        In California it’s totally fine. That’s why there’s so many tech startups there. It’s not taxes.

        • mercEnglish
          23·
          3 months ago

          That may be the law, but Google isn’t likely to just accept it without fighting it.

          • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
            51·
            3 months ago

            It happens all the time. Almost everyone who starts a new tech company has worked in a different one.

            • mercEnglish
              22·
              3 months ago

              Almost everyone who starts a new tech company has worked in a different one.

              Yes, most people have previously held jobs.

              And sometimes Google sues former employees.

              • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
                6·
                3 months ago

                Uh, that guy actually did steal literal IP. Uber was founded by an asshole who didn’t care about breaking the law.

                six weeks before his resignation, Levandowski downloaded all these highly confidential files and proprietary design files