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That tells me he's doing the right thing for his company and his shareholders. It's not like Google and friends are the only tech companies in the world. They

• phillmv 13y ago
  > They simply cannot really screw over engineers. All they can do is bargain. We say this now, because the industry is growing so rapidly that it's hard to feel shafted given the sea of opportunity. But being shafted is independent of whether or not you could've found another job elsewhere; the agreement they made prevented engineers from being able to bargain to their fullest extent.
• jtbigwoo 13y ago
  >> That tells me he's doing the right thing for his company and his shareholders. Except when he does something illegal that leaves his company vulernable to a massive class-action lawsuit from his own employees. That doesn't seem like the right thing for his company and his shareholders. Plus, in order to get this conspiracy off the ground and keep it running, he had to produce documentation of the conspiracy that would be embarrassing and possibly incriminating when it was made public. I'm not sure that he did the right thing for his company there. It's now clear to current and future employees that he has conspired against them with other companies. That doesn't seem so good for his company either.