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Did you mean "poached"? You can't pirate people...

• rwallace 10y ago
  Let's not tolerate the use of "poached" either; it implies (in a "ha ha, only serious") way that people are property, and it's been a long time since there was any excuse for tolerating that idea. The proper words are "hired" or "recruited".
  • bulatb 10y ago
    It also implies it's somehow wrong to offer an employee of another firm a better deal than they're currently getting. Well-mannered firms don't do that sort of thing, you see. It drives the wages up.
  • Roboprog 10y ago
    But you see, competent engineers who work for below market salaries are an endangered species! As such, they deserve our full "protection". Thus the word "poached" :-)