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No one seems to want to discuss the idea that Yahoo! and Facebook were simply adhering to their illegal agreement to not poach talent from each other. http://w
by roberjo 13y ago
No one seems to want to discuss the idea that Yahoo! and Facebook were simply adhering to their illegal agreement to not poach talent from each other.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/01/15/silicon_valley_hiring_cartel_apple_google_and_other_accused_of_driving_down.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/01/15/silicon_valle...
- jerf 13y agoThat agreement doesn't seem to cover new talent. If the companies are screaming about lacking talent, that they could only acquire more engineers by hiring from each other would be positive evidence for that claim.
- tomp 13y ago> According to news reports, both Acton and Koum “took a year off to tour South America” not long before applying to work at Facebook, giving both a recent period of prolonged unemployment.
- mccr8 13y agoI haven't seen any mention of Facebook participating in the hiring cartel in these various news reports, including the one you linked to.
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- puppetmaster3 13y agoYup.
- roberjo 12y agoAhem... http://www.businessinsider.com/emails-eric-schmidt-sergey-brin-hiring-apple-2014-3 http://www.businessinsider.com/emails-eric-schmidt-sergey-br...
- roberjo 12y agoDouble AHEM.. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/google-viewed-facebook-poaching-defcon-2-event-new-emails-reveal http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/google-viewed-fac...