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Re:Character.ai files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by greggsy on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @11:34AM (#50073352)
Most people know what poaching means without making that association. It’s a perfectly legitimate term across all forms of employment, in both negative and positive contexts.

Do we also need to retire ‘head hunting’, because it brings to mind cartoonishly outdated notions of savagery?

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Re:Character.ai files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by animuchan on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @12:24PM (#50074296)
The recruiter person should sometimes dramatically proclaim "Off with your head!" to signify a head hunting success (to the poachee).

Reject modernity, embrace tradition.

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Re:Character.ai files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by limagnolia on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @02:48PM (#50076668)
Within the employment context, is it ever a negative? Only from the perspective of the competitor? But to society as a whole, "poaching" (hiring) employees is clearly a massive win.
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Re:Character.ai files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by greggsy on Friday October 16, 2026 @10:13AM (#50118633)
A negative example could be: ‘That scumbag Derrick poached my best employees.’
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