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> Top executives of leading tech companies secretly agreed among themselves not to hire each other’s employees That's not accurate. The agreement was about rec
by gok 8y ago
> Top executives of leading tech companies secretly agreed among themselves not to hire each other’s employees
That's not accurate. The agreement was about recruiters cold-calling each other's employees. Employees were free to reach out on their own between companies. Workers routinely switched companies while the agreement was in effect.
I still think it was bullshit, but it wasn't quite as egregious as the article makes it sound.
Disclaimer: I was one of the affected employees, and got a share of the settlement.
- elicash 8y agoRecruitment is a vital part of the work companies do and they traditionally pour a ton of resources into that aspect of hiring. But yes, I agree specifying the deal was "limited" to recruitment hiring would be better and more precise. That shouldn't be used to diminish how vast of a deal this was. But I generally agree with you.
- arebop 8y agoYour statement is also not accurate, because there were several variants of "the agreement" and for some pairs of companies the agreement extended beyond cold-calling [https://www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/high-tech-employees/ https://www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/high-tech-employees/]. I'm sure multiple careers were set back when their prospective employer's HR department notified their current employer's HR department about the disloyalty.
- gok 8y agoThose allegations didn't have very strong evidence. They were repeated by some lawyers looking for people to opt out of the class action. When I asked for details they didn't have anything.
- morganw 8y agoA lot of the discovery was never redacted & released; it remains under seal. I think there was more going on like a courtesy "we're going to hire your person. You want us to turn them down & earn a chit for the future?".