Firstly: Are you saying that it is unfair or clandestine to offer someone a job?
Secondly: Connotation matters. Poaching is clearly a pejorative term.
Re:Stop calling it poaching
by pervycreeper on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @01:54PM
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Clandestine, very often, certainly. Admittedly this use principally reflects the employers' perspective, and maybe a better (more accurate, more neutral) term could be used, but this is a separate issue from any association with hunting.
>take or acquire in an unfair or clandestine way
Hmm.. The non-poaching agreements were about refusing to offer jobs to reduce wages in an unfair or clandestine way.
I hope companies use the term poaching more, it makes easier to start a class action lawsuits against them.
Offer anyone a job who you want to hire based on their skills and/or experience.
Which fits this use perfectly. Mindless thought policing of this type seldom produces any good; please employ with great caution.