Comments on: When Employees or Contractors Steal Clients or Ideas https://daredreamer.com/when-employees-or-contractors-steal-clients-or-ideas/ The Sites & Sounds of Creative Expression Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:37:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: The Business and Etiquette of Posting Contractor Work | Dare Dreamer Magazine https://daredreamer.com/when-employees-or-contractors-steal-clients-or-ideas/#comment-2157 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:37:46 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=7195#comment-2157 […] You might want to also read my post “When Employees or Contractors Steal Clients or Ideas.” […]

]]> By: Leska https://daredreamer.com/when-employees-or-contractors-steal-clients-or-ideas/#comment-2156 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:49:45 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=7195#comment-2156 I had a subcontractor who was also my friend. That was the worst combination. She went after two of my clients…one alerted me; the other hired her. My blood is still boiling about it. Your advice is spot on.

]]> By: Ram https://daredreamer.com/when-employees-or-contractors-steal-clients-or-ideas/#comment-2155 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:22:29 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=7195#comment-2155 Thanks. Never thought of giving my sub-contractors non-compete clause.

]]> By: Ron Dawson https://daredreamer.com/when-employees-or-contractors-steal-clients-or-ideas/#comment-2154 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:14:01 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=7195#comment-2154 In reply to Seth Estrada.

Hey Seth, I think it’s perfectly okay for an employee or contractor to strike out on his/her own. But it all comes down to the way you do it. You can work for one studio then go do your own thing and still maintain your integrity. And if you do it right, your old employer may even help you set up shop.

In your example it would seem like the employer did not do the kind of things I suggest in order to keep you happy and incentivized to stay put.

]]> By: Seth Estrada https://daredreamer.com/when-employees-or-contractors-steal-clients-or-ideas/#comment-2153 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:30:07 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=7195#comment-2153 I just realized that my comment sounds very ungrateful. I should add that I LOVE the principles you’ve written here 🙂

]]> By: Seth Estrada https://daredreamer.com/when-employees-or-contractors-steal-clients-or-ideas/#comment-2152 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:26:55 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=7195#comment-2152 This is some solid advice, but the silent argument is what to do when you’re ready to strike out on your own. For example, how do you peacefully coexist with the point man (or woman) who has previously been keeping you insulated from opportunity to expand and grow as a professional? I mean, as a former in house video producer, I was never going to climb past a certain income level, and was never going to even retain the right to show my own work. I know forgiveness is key, but the reality is also that sometimes abrupt and decisive action is necessary to change power dynamics sufficiently to create new opportunities, opportunities that the old guard has often been long ignorant of. My genius belongs to me, and I’d prefer to earn more than a pittance for it, and that by my own hand, not feeding from table scraps. In case it’s not obvious, I’ve unfortunately allowed this to happen before.

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