On: Jobs was told anti-poaching idea likely illegal

[kryptiskt]

> 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...

[encoderer → kryptiskt]

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.