29-year-old architect gets let go and brought back as a contractor, then former boss demands all her design files: 'I refused, saying those were my intellectual property'

This young architect was clearly getting manipulated by her now former boss.

Not only did she just endure layoffs from her job, but when she was asked to come back to the firm as a contractor, her now ex-boss had the audacity to demand all her designs from her. That meant work that she did not create while under contract as a full-time employee. 

Thankfully, despite being several years younger than her employer, she knew that this was her own intellectual property. She understood her own rights as a freelance contractor and knew exactly what she signed up for in her contract, which was primarily to finish a few existing projects from when she was working at the firm full-time. 

The fact that her boss wanted to claim more of her designs as her own says everything about her own talents, her lack of an ethical backbone, and her sense of desperation as a leader. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from several members of this online community.