Agency work in folio?
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- forbes0
I have had threatening emails from CD's to remove work from my folio in the past. they made me sign an NDA in order to start work at their company! i never did get my terms of employment contract either...
like joshtrix says, your work is your worth and you are legally entitled to show work you have done, a solicitor can argue in your case that not being able to show work in your folio is stopping you from getting work. NDA's never stand up in court anyway...
- doctor0
I'm thinking that showing finished, publicized work shouldn't raise any eyebrows, when all due credits are given.
- jamble0
I've been asked to remove folio stuff I've done for agencies in the past simply because my site ranks well in search engines and sometimes better than the agencies who I've worked for and they didn't want potential clients thinking (despite me being clear about my role on projects) I was the one who "did" the work on my own rather than as a contractor.
If I liked the agency, I'd remove it to keep the relationship and option of future work, if it was one off or I didn't expect to work for them again, it would stay unless there was a legal req. Doesn't happen that often though. Just apply common sense .
- rson0
I have never been asked to remove anything. Always give the agency credit and all the people involved. That is what I try to do.
- gramme0
@ lvl13: I am not, nor have I never been the "bad boy" type. Professionalism and sound ethics are of the utmost importance to me. I don't enjoy burning bridges, and I wish I didn't have to do that in the past. But I did it because there were no legal constraints to prevent me, and because without the work I did while employed at _____ design firm, I would've had almost no portfolio to speak of. And I had a family to look after. I couldn't sit idly by and let my former employer hamstring my ability to get work.
There was actually one project from that job that I was really proud of, but it was bound by NDA. I stood by my word and to this day haven't shown it to anyone, either online or in person (besides my wife).
If they had only asked me not to show two or three projects, I would've gone along with that. But what they were asking was that I refrain from showing 90% of the decent work done in my career. No dice.
- doctor0
Good point, gramme.