How to negotiate contract details Amazon (specifics in post)

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Some context: I have negotiated b2b contracts for businesses, as well as contracts for work in the past; but I have never ventured father than pushing back on a non compete, or benefits of some kind.I am interested in the following areas/I don't have experience in the below:* Being able to do (unrelated) consulting work via an SCORP while employed at Amazon. * Being able to work on a game while working at Amazon as if I didn't work at Amazon (licensing). * Continuing to contribute to FOSS projectsAll of the above are obviously off company time and hardware.I am searching for and reading previous posts on these topics; but would appreciate any links to previous discussions on this, or direct feedback from FAANG employees.What would you have done differently in the above areas? At what point in the hiring process should I be pushing for the above? If these are unrealistic, is there a middle ground I can shoot for?Once again thanks for sharing your time/experience.

tra3 · Accepted Answer

Do you have the contract in hand and have you raised any of these issues with your recruiters?
Also where do you work? For example California has employee beneficial policies in this regard. Non-competes are not enforceable, and IP developed off company time belongs to the employee [0].
[0]: https://www.brightjourney.com/q/ownership-ip-developed-emplo...

encryptluks2 · Answer

What you're talking about here is trying to negotiate with someone who is trying to make it very clear from the start that they don't want to be fair. Unless you are paying lawyers 50k+ to help you, well you can waste your time but in the end it probably won't matter all that much.

b20000 · Answer

there is a difference between a contractor and service provider. i found this out first hand. you don&rsquo;t want to be a contractor because they will run you through HR and maybe an intermediary. tell them you only do this through a professional service agreement and that you have a corp and do not work through intermediaries. they can onboard you as a vendor. i do not understand why you also want to be employed at amazon. very unlikely to be able to negotiate that you can do consulting gigs on the side and want to keep your IP which you developed outside amazon.