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It depends. As long as they freely choose to leave and then you hook up, that's just fine. If you poach then you're setting yourself up for being poached in ret

by 0x12 15y ago

It depends. As long as they freely choose to leave and then you hook up, that's just fine. If you poach then you're setting yourself up for being poached in return. Keep the high ground and you'll do just great. One of my co-founders was a guy that I worked with for years and I only approached him after he left the company that he was working with, afterwards of course we got a lot of flak but I could easily prove that I had not approached him until after he quit and that was that. Of course legally you're on solid ground either way, but it's a small world and word does get around so it is better to play it safe and clean rather than legal.

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- 0x12 15y ago
  When you work somewhere it is understood that you will not recruit amongst your colleagues. You may not like that but it is to everybody's mutual advancement that this is the way it is. I'm saying that as a one-time employee and one time business owner. Poaching and recruitment are not the same thing. Poaching is recruiting from a business that you have a beneficial relationship with. The OP has also burned the bridges for the guy he intends to employ and that was less than classy.
  - chrisbennet 15y ago
    I repectfully disagree. I would expect an employer to take that stance. IMO, it's a little like DeBeers telling you how many months salary you should spend on an engagement ring. :-) Employees aren't chattle; they are independant agents who have learned that their employers won't hesitate to lay them off when it is advantagous for the business to do so. Nobody can "steal" an employee away who wants to be there and/or is being paid what he's worth in the marketplace. If an employer wants to keep his employees he can treat them right or not be surprised if they leave to work for someone else who will. On the contrary, former colleagues are just the sort of battle tested people you want working with you.

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0x12 15y ago
When you work somewhere it is understood that you will not recruit amongst your colleagues. You may not like that but it is to everybody's mutual advancement that this is the way it is. I'm saying that as a one-time employee and one time business owner. Poaching and recruitment are not the same thing. Poaching is recruiting from a business that you have a beneficial relationship with. The OP has also burned the bridges for the guy he intends to employ and that was less than classy.
- chrisbennet 15y ago
  I repectfully disagree. I would expect an employer to take that stance. IMO, it's a little like DeBeers telling you how many months salary you should spend on an engagement ring. :-) Employees aren't chattle; they are independant agents who have learned that their employers won't hesitate to lay them off when it is advantagous for the business to do so. Nobody can "steal" an employee away who wants to be there and/or is being paid what he's worth in the marketplace. If an employer wants to keep his employees he can treat them right or not be surprised if they leave to work for someone else who will. On the contrary, former colleagues are just the sort of battle tested people you want working with you.