Usually when I run into a corporate policy that limits me like that, I sit down with my boss or HR and say something like "I don't know about the rest of you - but I have a life outside of work." Usually the CEO has HR put in clauses like that as knee-jerk reaction. Maybe they read an article about how some guy blogged about people he worked with or clients and caused a lot of trouble. Or watched some news segment about how MySpace will eat your children. Sometimes if you point out that you may leave over their policy, they'll either review it or grant you a written waiver if you assure them you won't talk about clients.
I NEVER blog or podcast about work or even mention where I work (though these days most people can figure it out from LinkedIn). It keeps me out of trouble. I have vague ramblings in my contract about owning all intellectual property. But I don't work for MTV. I work for a software company. I doubt they want to own my podcast. Their more interested in the code I write. Which I have no problem with. Mitch Allen http://www.mitchallen.com <http://www.mitchallen.com> http://www.rockosphere.tv <http://www.rockosphere.tv> --- In [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , "David Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Regardless. My employer found my sites yesterday and I've been > informed that if I want to keep working there, I needed to remove them > (my sites). Strict corporate policy of no "blogs". Yes...I know I > know. It's not a "blog". They dont care. It's close enough to being > one. I guess I will be making my decision as to what I am going to do > over the weekend. I cant afford to be jobless and my site doesnt earn > me a living. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
