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That's interesting. A company may see it as only fair not to poach, but in the eyes of employees it's (rightly) collusion. On that note, "Former Apple CEO Stev
by dmazin 13y ago
That's interesting. A company may see it as only fair not to poach, but in the eyes of employees it's (rightly) collusion.
On that note, "Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs threatened to hit Palm with patent litigation if the company did not stop poaching valuable employees"[1] is not ethically defensible.
[1] http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/01/angry-over-employee-poaching-steve-jobs-threatened-palm-with-patent-suit/ http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/01/angry-over-employee-poa...
- sdoowpilihp 13y agoIt wasn't about being fair on the companies part; not poaching each others employees was a form of cost control.
- dmazin 13y agoWhat I'm saying is that while it may seem wrong to poach employees, employers have a greater duty to the workforce than to other companies, ethically.