Actually poaching IS defined as an illegal activity.
I'm not sure what the case is in the US, though to my knowledge it is in fact legal to poach staff in California - happens in Silicon Valley all the damn time. However, the executives here were from the UK and Activision's European division. Poaching is not legally preventable in the UK. I'm not sure where Activision's European outfit is based. I'd imagine it's either Ireland, the UK, Germany or France. So what the specifics are in that case I don't know. But certainly, with the Nintendo guy? Not illegal.
I'm not sure what the case is in the US, though to my knowledge it is in fact legal to poach staff in California - happens in Silicon Valley all the damn time. However, the executives here were from the UK and Activision's European division. Poaching is not legally preventable in the UK. I'm not sure where Activision's European outfit is based. I'd imagine it's either Ireland, the UK, Germany or France. So what the specifics are in that case I don't know. But certainly, with the Nintendo guy? Not illegal.
There?s a terminology failure here.
The article?s use of the word ?poaching? is erroneous. What they mean is headhunting, which is the act of one company recruiting employees of another company.
Poaching, the act of illegally hunting, is clearly not legal by definition. Headhunting, the act of hiring current employees of competing businesses, is entirely legal.
Whatever... I was not dismissing your post. We were both working on our individual text concurrently. But some Jehovah Witnesses came to the door while I was writing mine so I was delayed several minutes, otherwise my post would have preceded yours.
That's the funniest excuse I've heard all year - so off-the-wall it has to be true!
The article?s use of the word ?poaching? is erroneous. What they mean is headhunting, which is the act of one company recruiting employees of another company.
Poaching, the act of illegally hunting, is clearly not legal by definition. Headhunting, the act of hiring current employees of competing businesses, is entirely legal.
Correct.
AppleInsider used the wrong terminology. Head hunting is entirely legal, and heavily practiced in the state of California as employment here is "at will". Anti-compete clauses are almost impossible to enforce in this state (which is one reason why Silicon Valley has nurtured so many new businesses).
The article?s use of the word ?poaching? is erroneous. What they mean is headhunting, which is the act of one company recruiting employees of another company.
It wasn't really intended to be taken so literally. Just an embellished writing style.
He could have said it a dozen different ways. Apple recruited some executives from other high tech companies which presumably was not agreeable to said companies, however, there was nothing legal that they could do to prevent it.
Well, what is poaching anyway... When you hire someone they have to come from *some* job which is probably from the *same* industry. You can't expect companies to be hiring lots of fresh graduates or lots of people from other industries and specialisations. That's one of the hindrances of current capitalism, there are limited pools of specialised expertise and this is a significant constraint for a lot of companies. In a real knowledge-based economy, knowledge should be easily transferred as well as history of contacts, business networks, etc. Not the case quite yet.
Remember the problems Apple, etc. had for their anti-poaching agreements? That was deemed anticompetitive.
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Actually poaching IS defined as an illegal activity.
I'm not sure what the case is in the US, though to my knowledge it is in fact legal to poach staff in California - happens in Silicon Valley all the damn time. However, the executives here were from the UK and Activision's European division. Poaching is not legally preventable in the UK. I'm not sure where Activision's European outfit is based. I'd imagine it's either Ireland, the UK, Germany or France. So what the specifics are in that case I don't know. But certainly, with the Nintendo guy? Not illegal.
I'm not sure what the case is in the US, though to my knowledge it is in fact legal to poach staff in California - happens in Silicon Valley all the damn time. However, the executives here were from the UK and Activision's European division. Poaching is not legally preventable in the UK. I'm not sure where Activision's European outfit is based. I'd imagine it's either Ireland, the UK, Germany or France. So what the specifics are in that case I don't know. But certainly, with the Nintendo guy? Not illegal.
There?s a terminology failure here.
The article?s use of the word ?poaching? is erroneous. What they mean is headhunting, which is the act of one company recruiting employees of another company.
Poaching, the act of illegally hunting, is clearly not legal by definition. Headhunting, the act of hiring current employees of competing businesses, is entirely legal.
Whatever... I was not dismissing your post. We were both working on our individual text concurrently. But some Jehovah Witnesses came to the door while I was writing mine so I was delayed several minutes, otherwise my post would have preceded yours.
That's the funniest excuse I've heard all year - so off-the-wall it has to be true!
There?s a terminology failure here.
The article?s use of the word ?poaching? is erroneous. What they mean is headhunting, which is the act of one company recruiting employees of another company.
Poaching, the act of illegally hunting, is clearly not legal by definition. Headhunting, the act of hiring current employees of competing businesses, is entirely legal.
Correct.
AppleInsider used the wrong terminology. Head hunting is entirely legal, and heavily practiced in the state of California as employment here is "at will". Anti-compete clauses are almost impossible to enforce in this state (which is one reason why Silicon Valley has nurtured so many new businesses).
The article?s use of the word ?poaching? is erroneous. What they mean is headhunting, which is the act of one company recruiting employees of another company.
It wasn't really intended to be taken so literally. Just an embellished writing style.
He could have said it a dozen different ways. Apple recruited some executives from other high tech companies which presumably was not agreeable to said companies, however, there was nothing legal that they could do to prevent it.
Snappy!
Remember the problems Apple, etc. had for their anti-poaching agreements? That was deemed anticompetitive.
Actually poaching IS defined as an illegal activity.
What? No more poached eggs?
What? No more poached eggs?
Not from me
Evangelism I assume.
Seems a bit of a waste. The games are selling themselves right now. Maybe something to do with a push into AppleTV gaming?