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> Some of those ex-employees broke the confidence and policies of Jawbone while employed there. That's the issue; Jawbone needs to address that with the individ
by bontoJR 11y ago
> Some of those ex-employees broke the confidence and policies of Jawbone while employed there. That's the issue; Jawbone needs to address that with the individuals.
Whats the potential outcome of this? I am not an expert about this kind of things in the US, but in Europe this would mean an invalidation (if any violation is proved) of the job contract. So the guy basically loses the job pretty much immediately and gets probably fined.
- sokoloff 11y agoLoses which job? The one they already left? That seems reasonable, but irrelevant/pyrrhic for Jawbone's purposes.
- alistairSH 11y agoI read it as the new job - a court injunction forces FitBit to fire the employees who stole trade secrets from Jawbone.
- relet 11y agoI doubt that there is any clause in your work contract that prevents you from using knowledge gained from the competition. There usually are clauses against carrying knowledge out of the company, but not the other way around.
- mauricemir 11y agoNot heard of that in europe an employee might get thrown under the bus and sacked for gross misconduct if it came out. But its very common for sales types to take their contact list with them and I know one large UK employment Site had some one leave who took the entire candidate list with them.