Did this as a team member (the poachee) a few times; did it as a manager (the poacher) a couple as well. As a team member, it wasn't about disliking my current

Did this as a team member (the poachee) a few times; did it as a manager (the poacher) a couple as well. As a team member, it wasn't about disliking my current team or workload; it was a way to get an out-of-band salary increase without leaving the company or the benefit stack that I liked. As a manager? There's a lot of value -- sometimes literally months of lost productivity regained -- in hiring someone who already knows the product, culture, tools and reporting structures.