Eric Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board

Re:Eric Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board by pacala on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @04:40PM (#11213246)

Let me get this straight. CEO Schmidt gets payed 100x more than both Google Engineer Sarah and Google Engineer Jessie just because he gets to manipulate their salaries.

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Re:Eric Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board by peyton on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @04:51PM (#11213320)

I think that's a straw man. Buying out a competitor's employees en masse is an anticompetitive tactic that, if used widely, arguably may negatively affect the health of the industry as a whole.

Not saying these executives' actions were right. Just that there were considerations other than saving a buck on salaries.

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Re:Eric Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board by metaphorm on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @08:17PM (#11214383)

> Buying out a competitor's employees en masse is an anticompetitive tactic

can you provide me an example of when this has ever occurred or are you just speaking of hypotheticals?

I'm skeptical. convince me that it is even possible to poach employees en masse.

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