We're hearing about troubles at Nest

Re:We're hearing about troubles at Nest by VikingCoder on Monday February 15, 2016 @04:14PM (#11106030)

...which is why we should all be particularly angry when companies in Silicon Valley agree to not try to recruit each-other's employees. It doesn't just hold down wages, it makes it more likely some employee is going to suffer abuse because they don't know what options they have.

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Re:We're hearing about troubles at Nest by dwightgunning on Monday February 15, 2016 @06:02PM (#11106722)

I thought the 'agreements' were related to active poaching.

I wouldn't bat an eyelid hiring somebody who's already quit or is genuinely on the verge of doing so.

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Re:We're hearing about troubles at Nest by arebop on Monday February 15, 2016 @08:09PM (#11107281)

The agreements were variously related to active recruiting (don't cold-call employees of X), passive recruiting (don't hire employees of X), and active retribution for exploring career options (if you at company Y learn of any employees of X seeking jobs at Y, notify management at X). See http://www.hightechemployeelawsuit.com/case-documents.aspx for details about which companies made which commitments.

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Re:We're hearing about troubles at Nest by st3v3r on Monday February 15, 2016 @06:36PM (#11106898)

Nope. Someone at Google also was let go because they hired someone from Apple who came of their own volition.

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Re:We're hearing about troubles at Nest by fweespeech on Monday February 15, 2016 @05:26PM (#11106518)

Yep. Fuck all those companies.

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