Re:Judge rejects $324.5M settlement over Apple, Google hiring
by tptacek on Friday August 08, 2014 @06:29PM
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It is lawful to maintain a "do-not-hire" list of companies from which you disqualify candidates.
It is possibly even lawful to do that with the intent of avoiding poaching and ill will.
What's definitely not lawful is to conspire with the companies on that list to determine its makeup.
Re:Judge rejects $324.5M settlement over Apple, Google hiring
by argonaut on Friday August 08, 2014 @07:23PM
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How is that a subtle threat? That's not a threat at all. That's just being upfront about it. And if you don't like that you can tell them: "No that's not okay with me" and then walk away.
a) If you get sent a resume in response to an open req and you reject them based solely on the current employer of the applicant being a "friendly company" ("do not hire" list), that is illegal and wrong.
b) If you realize the applicant is from a "friendly company" and so you make a subtle threat along the lines of: "We are going to call your current employer to get a reference check before we decide to extend any offer, are you sure that's ok with you?" (also recommended in Horowitz's book), it's also wrong and unfair. I'm not a lawyer so I don't know if that is overtly illegal however.