This is a very prescient idea, if so it would be a way to control the job market in a way that was not blatantly illegal - ala Steve Jobs and Google and a few o

This is a very prescient idea, if so it would be a way to control the job market in a way that was not blatantly illegal - ala Steve Jobs and Google and a few others refusing to hire from each other to keep wages down. One issue I have with this is that google in particular pays alot less than it used to compared to industry(fangish companies), a friend of mine left to go there and his pay has somewhat stagnated where mine has gone up, up, up. An alternate explanation is that managers in tech crave headcount, they want to feel important and to have their projects and teams very well staffed. During the past year they may have gotten excessive with hiring and now you see the end results which are hiring freezes, rescinded offers and small layoffs across the industry.