No, the one that don't read the news is you. If you can name the boy who left Apple while working on the iPhone to work at Google I will gift you an iTunes gift card
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...-intel-over-secret-employee-poaching-pact.ars
This happens to ALL corporate Companies. And According to the Justice Department it is ILLEGAL to not let employees seek a job at other simuliar companies. They all broke there agreement with each other. While this might be in bad taste.... its not uncommon. And its apparently not illegal either. They all had to settle this with the justice Department. Just the way the corporate world is with big tech companies. There is not many "fish" in the barrel when you get all of these brilliant minds in tech... Most people can't do this job so selection is limited.
Beginning no later than 2006, Apple and Google executives agreed not to cold call each others employees. Apple placed Google on its internal Do Not Call List, which instructed employees not to directly solicit employees from the listed companies. Similarly, Google listed Apple among the companies that had special agreements with Google and were part of the Do Not Cold Call list;
Beginning no later than May 2005, senior Apple and Adobe executives agreed not to cold call each others employees. Apple placed Adobe on its internal Do Not Call List and similarly, Adobe included Apple in its internal list of Companies that are off limits;
Beginning no later than April 2007, Apple and Pixar executives agreed not to cold call each others employees. Apple placed Pixar on its internal Do Not Call List and senior executives at Pixar instructed human resources personnel to adhere to the agreement and maintain a paper trail;
Beginning no later than September 2007, Google and Intel executives agreed not to cold call each others employees. In its hiring policies and protocol manual, Google listed Intel among the companies that have special agreements with Google and are part of the Do Not Cold Call list. Similarly, Intel instructed its human resources staff about the existence of the agreement; and
In June 2007, Google and Intuit executives agreed that Google would not cold call any Intuit employee. In its hiring policies and protocol manual, Google also listed Intuit among the companies that have special agreements with Google and are part of the Do Not Cold Call list.
The companies involved have agreed to a five-year settlement that would prevent them from entering into any similar "no solicitation agreements." The Washington, DC federal court will now take a look at the settlement; if it signs off, the lawsuit will be overand so will the "Do Not Cold Call" lists.
