Fuck ethics between employers about this issue. Poaching is a great thing for employees. If you successfully poach someone it's normally because they were being

Fuck ethics between employers about this issue. Poaching is a great thing for employees. If you successfully poach someone it's normally because they were being underpaid and/or wanted to leave anyway on account of their job sucking. It benefits your company, it benefits the employee you poached, and it generally benefits the remaining employees of the company you poached from. It only hurts the stakeholders of the company you poached from. Take pride in poaching, it's a net gain for society. However, try not to poach too many employees from the same company or you might really screw them (and their employees) over.