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Jail time for agreeing not to cold-call employees of another company? ~~There is no evidence for anything more, and I don't know if there is any evidence that t

Jail time for agreeing not to cold-call employees of another company? ~~There is no evidence for anything more, and I don't know if there is any evidence that they actually followed through~~ (the history of cartels show that those agreements were rarely adhered to strictly, it seems even more unlikely considering how those companies are hurting for talent). Edit: OK, kryptiskt has a point.

kryptiskt 15y ago
> Jail time for agreeing not to cold-call employees of another company? There are evidence of worse than that: "The evidence states that the defendants agreed not to poach employees from each other or give them offers if they voluntarily applied, and to notify the current employers of any employees trying to switch been. They also agreed not to enter into bidding wars and to limit the potential for employees to negotiate for higher salaries." http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/damning-evidence-emerges-in-google-apple-no-poach-antitrust-lawsuit/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/damning-evidence-emerges-in...
- encoderer 15y ago
  That enrages me. For good engineers in the valley, we're easily talking the 110-160k range. So they're definitely not part of the poor, unrepresented masses. Still, that these mega-billionaires sat in their executive suites and pulled strings to harm and limit careers, it sickens me.