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Doesn't the word "poaching" in the title imply that the employee was somehow Apple's property? Wouldn't "Google hires a key Apple chip designer" be a clearer, l
by ghufran_syed 9y ago
Doesn't the word "poaching" in the title imply that the employee was somehow Apple's property? Wouldn't "Google hires a key Apple chip designer" be a clearer, less sensational way to put it?
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- perfmode 9y agoI mean, the employee had leased/rented/sold/whatever their labor output to apple and now google has taken over the lease/deed/contract/whatever. In a way, your employer does own something: rights to the output of your labor.
- csydas 9y agoStrictly speaking, yes, but it's a well known and used term to refer to the practice of somehow hiring an employee away from a company. The term is demeaning to employees, but the connotation is pretty well understood. It's not really meant to convey proper ownership, just that the employee was lured away.
- no29 9y agothe article doesn't make it clear but they're actually cooking him in boiling water.
- ringaroundthetx 9y agoOn a safari
- tzahola 9y agoMore like chrome now
- draw_down 9y agoYes. It’s a distasteful thing to write.
- kmfrk 9y agoIt used to mean that, but the term's lost its meaning a long time ago, unfortunately. People can't even bring themselves to use the distinction for Waymo/Uber and Levandowski.
- atonse 9y agoNot sure what you mean about Waymo/Uber. Are you suggesting it’s just an act of poaching as opposed to theft of tons of coincidental intellectual property and industrial espionage?
- amelius 9y agoIt's what the headlines would read if this was about a sports star.
- phkahler 9y ago>> It's what the headlines would read if this was about a sports star. This is probably the correct interpretation. "Poaching" seems to be the word used when a person is specifically targeted because of their experience. They're viewed as key, so it's not just good for the one hiring them, but bad for the company losing them. If you think of hiring as dragging a net through the water an sifting through the catch, poaching would be more like spear fishing. Or it could just be sensational headline writing.