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When Rules Don't Apply is a 28 minute documentary that explores "no-poach" agreements and how they violate antitrust law. Watch the full film on vimeo for free here. For years, Apple’s Steve Jobs, Google’s Eric Schmidt and other hi-tech CEOs engaged in a conspiracy against their own employees, agreeing not to hire each other’s workers. The secret deal denied career advancement and better pay to the very people who made their companies successful.
Did any Soylentils experience this first-hand? How did things work out for you? How accurate/informative a depiction did you find this documentary?
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(Score: 3, Informative) by DavePolaschek on Wednesday June 26 2019, @02:37PM
I got a payout from the class-action lawsuit, for what that's worth.
My experience was that it used to be common (early 90s) to get cold-called by headhunters working for various SV tech companies, and then at some point, the calls dried up. That corresponded in time to when the "no poach" agreements were supposedly made, but you couldn't prove a connection by me. And if you applied for a job, you'd still get considered. But the number of strange recruiters calling up out of the blue and saying "hey, come work for us!" definitely dropped off in the late 90s.
Haven't had a chance to watch the documentary yet, but my experience was that it wasn't just "key personnel" that were affected. Then again, it might've just been me.