just got a full time graphic design job. is there any reason why using the work-provided adobe creative cloud account for personal use is a bad idea? like privacy or something? i’m thinking of canceling my personal subscription and saving some money.

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Not a lawyer, but I think technically anything you create with a company machine or using a company logins belongs to them. At least that's what I've been told ever since I started. That's why most agencies provide you with a machine and login and actually discourage personal devices for work

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I’d say as long as it’s not for side projects you’re being paid for and just personal projects, it should technically be fine. Heck, consider it additional practice of your trade in your personal time. I’d be worried if you plan to use their license for freelance work though. I’d imagine you’d be breaking something in your contract with your employer. I’d be less concerned about them owning your work and more concerned with them firing you for breaching your contract. I mean, unless you’re designing the Pope’s new web app, I doubt they care to fight you for ownership of whatever you do in your personal time, but they’ll definitely let you go for it.

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I definitely use my work account for all of my personal and freelance work.

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I recommend you do not do this. Anything you do with company equipment is owned by the company. Every employee contract should have this spelled out. You’ll be causing unneeded challenges with the agency and at a minimum when caught, you will be fired. Depending on the work you performed, additional action may also be taken.

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I agree with your Adobe thought 100%! However, direct the burden to Adobe, not your employer:)

Whatever you create with work software, hardware, or during working hours is owned by the company you’re working for. So if it’s truly something for fun and you don’t care, that’s fine. But if you’re going to use it for other work you 100% need to use your own license and do it on your device on your off hours!

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yeah i do this. i just make sure to package and save all work to my personal drop box, not adobe cloud storage or whatever. they may have a rule against it tho- check your employee manual if you have one?

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I use my company laptop for everything. No problem

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I use my work Adobe login on my personal machine. But I also never save to Adobe cloud, I save to the hard drive at both work (we back up to a shared server) and at home. I use Dropbox to move files from work to home (when I have projects I’m working on from home).

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I use my personal machine for personal work. My husband also uses it for stuff he brings home from work and he uses it for personal work (he is a designer as well, at a competing agency from mine). He has an Adobe account through his office he could sign into but there’s really no in signing out of mine to sign into his.

We do very little freelance, simply no time for it.

Some companies will block your accessing Dropbox or similar sites, so transferring files might be an issue. And my non-legal professional understanding is, company hardware + company software = company owned work. I never mix the 2 personally.

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Hmm makes sense. Though would it be as much of an issue if i only used the software (adobe cc login) but on a personal device? I would definitely never use the work laptop to do personal stuff, especially not side freelance work.

I think it’s pretty common. Just save your personal files. As someone says, unless you are developing the new Nike logo, the next TikTok, the next big thing, your employer isn’t going to claim ownership.

Re-reading the question, you want to use the work account on your personal computer? That might be a different issue.

What are the personal uses? Editing your own photos/videos, designing posters for church/charitable organizations, etc? Or are you working on external clients and side jobs?

It will depend on whether your employer feels like your personal work is competition on they are losing work (theoretically) or if you are just editing personal photos and vacation videos.

Just ask your boss. A good reason for them to say yes is that you are practicing on your own time. They aren't paying for that training/learning curve.

A good reason for them to say no is side gigs. You being financially independent is not only not their priority, but it actively increases the chance you will bail if you get enough clients.

In short: Use it to learn new skills, not do freelance. If you want to do that adobe isn't expensive once you start using it for money. Then, it's your account and you can do whatever.

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