Would you work for a company that's on the cutting edge of technology?

Question

Even if they wanted you to sign paperwork that gave them full ownership of anything you invented or discovered?

http://www.ceramatec.com/

I wouldn't.

Answer 1

Why not? Let's be realistic. If the pay is good, who cares? It's not like you're inventing a new medicine or energy source, it's industrial research. Who besides ceramatec is going to care about your new, conductive cement, or that size 60 grit yields greatest structural stability in a matrix of carbon and lime? If they're the only ones with access to such secrets, fine--they're the ones who paid me to find them.

Answer 2

I would. Typically when you work for a company, all the work you do belongs to them. I'm a software engineer, I can't quit my job here and start implementing the same programs elsewhere using the same code libraries I use here. Without a cutting edge company, I might not have the means to get into something like that on my own. Given those choices, I would definitely sign up.

Answer 3

you right i wouldn't ether... sign paperwork that gave them full ownership of anything you invented or discovered is wrong what if you find a cure for cancer thay would get the money and Patten... and you would just get a pat on the back thats B.S.

Answer 4

Do you own a copy of Microsoft Windows? Have you made any modifications to it? All of those modifications are property of Microsoft, even though you were the one that made them. The reason why is because it is in the legal mumbo-jumbo in the license agreement.

Trust me, this policy - or a similar one, at least - stretches beyond the private sector.

Answer 5

Every company has this disclaimer; however, most of them only have the disclaimer IF you use company equipment.

I'd be smart enough to invent it in my own home, and I'd quit before I leaked any information about it.

Answer 6

It depends how you rate the likelihood that you actually will invent anything ;)
No, doesn't sound right.