All the time. The company is usually begrudgingly okay with it too because they'd rather a former employee sell their expertise back to them instead of a competitor.
I guess check your employment contracts and whatnot, but it's very common for people to leave a company and start consulting and/or freelancing in the expertise they gained at that company. And it's not too uncommon for former employers to be one of their first clients or get your first clients from relationships associated with your former employer.
All of this assumes you don't burn bridges and have the interpersonal skills, in-demand expertise, luck, timing, and interest in building out a small service-based business.
Legal? Are you implying that having knowledge in a company (like, the result of doing a good job?) somehow should legally obligate you to never stop working there?
What am I missing? Can you spell out some boundaries for what you're implying because I must be wildly missing it.
All the time. The company is usually begrudgingly okay with it too because they'd rather a former employee sell their expertise back to them instead of a competitor.
I guess check your employment contracts and whatnot, but it's very common for people to leave a company and start consulting and/or freelancing in the expertise they gained at that company. And it's not too uncommon for former employers to be one of their first clients or get your first clients from relationships associated with your former employer.
All of this assumes you don't burn bridges and have the interpersonal skills, in-demand expertise, luck, timing, and interest in building out a small service-based business.
If he’s successfully replacing the millions in external consultants, it might even be what the business folks call “a win/win”…
win/win/lose. The consultants have lost revenue.
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Legal? Are you implying that having knowledge in a company (like, the result of doing a good job?) somehow should legally obligate you to never stop working there?
What am I missing? Can you spell out some boundaries for what you're implying because I must be wildly missing it.