“Six companies led by Google Inc. and Apple Inc. are negotiating an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to end practices that limit hiring of each other’s employees, according to people familiar with the emerging accord,” Sara Forden and Jeff Bliss report for Bloomberg.
“Intel Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., Walt Disney Co.’s Pixar animation unit and Intuit Inc. also are in the talks that would halt agreements under which companies refrained from placing “cold calls” to lure workers, said the people who asked not to be identified discussing the proposal,” Forden and Bliss report. “Such unsolicited calls had proved to be successful recruiting tools, one of the people said.”
Forden and Bliss report, “The agreement, which may be completed and announced as early as today, would conclude an antitrust investigation into recruiting and hiring practices that involved some of the biggest U.S. technology companies. Spokesmen for Microsoft Corp. and International Business Machines Corp. said last week that they were no longer part of the investigation.”
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This smells funny. Did the DOJ get on a hot trail of widespread illegal recruiting practices and no the companies involved want immunity?
This smells funny. Did the DOJ get on a hot trail of widespread illegal recruiting practices and no the companies involved want immunity?
What idiot would call anyone at Microsoft Corp. and offer them a job. What would they bring to the table. Watch that new Microsoft guy that Nokia hired and you will see what I mean. The only people at Microsoft with a skill level could be the ones keeping the grounds and buildings clean and neat.
You want to tank a company, get a Microsoft employee a job there.
What idiot would call anyone at Microsoft Corp. and offer them a job. What would they bring to the table. Watch that new Microsoft guy that Nokia hired and you will see what I mean. The only people at Microsoft with a skill level could be the ones keeping the grounds and buildings clean and neat.
You want to tank a company, get a Microsoft employee a job there.
@ Jersey_Trader–
Or maybe, the employee is tired of innovation being stifled, and is looking for a company that is a better fit.
Your outlook is unecessarily negative on the individual who may have zero influence over the philosophies of the company.
@ Jersey_Trader–
Or maybe, the employee is tired of innovation being stifled, and is looking for a company that is a better fit.
Your outlook is unecessarily negative on the individual who may have zero influence over the philosophies of the company.
Jersey_Trader,
I don’t think you are correct. Microsoft still has plenty of money and perks to offer young, gifted developers to work for them. These are precisely the prime targets for those head hunters. Because MS management is so inept, these developers quickly realise how terribly mismanaged their effort is. They don’t know what is their role in the project, they have no idea what other groups are doing (often competing against each other and doing redundant work), so after a few years spent at MS, they are ripe for the plucking.
MS’s probleb is not lack of talent in the trenches; they can still pour money into development. Their problem is in management structure and management talent. Multiple layers of decision making, overlapping areas of responsibility, compartmentalised silos, talentless, visionless project managers… That’s why MS is where it is today.
Jersey_Trader,
I don’t think you are correct. Microsoft still has plenty of money and perks to offer young, gifted developers to work for them. These are precisely the prime targets for those head hunters. Because MS management is so inept, these developers quickly realise how terribly mismanaged their effort is. They don’t know what is their role in the project, they have no idea what other groups are doing (often competing against each other and doing redundant work), so after a few years spent at MS, they are ripe for the plucking.
MS’s probleb is not lack of talent in the trenches; they can still pour money into development. Their problem is in management structure and management talent. Multiple layers of decision making, overlapping areas of responsibility, compartmentalised silos, talentless, visionless project managers… That’s why MS is where it is today.
Actually, microsoft has hired a lot of top talent over the years. They do it to keep other companies from having them. Once there, Ballmer, like Gates before him, has no clue what to do with them.
Actually, microsoft has hired a lot of top talent over the years. They do it to keep other companies from having them. Once there, Ballmer, like Gates before him, has no clue what to do with them.
and this report doesn’t make much more sensical the DOJ’s intrusion:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703499604575512291550098672.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs
and this report doesn’t make much more sensical the DOJ’s intrusion:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703499604575512291550098672.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs
Makes you wonder what else they “agreed” upon.
Makes you wonder what else they “agreed” upon.
Apple will get more cold calls from other companies wanting to know How Apple people does such a great job
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Buy AAPL stocks!!!
2011 = $401 period!
Apple will get more cold calls from other companies wanting to know How Apple people does such a great job
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Buy AAPL stocks!!!
2011 = $401 period!
@Bizzarro
Considering it’s the federal government, probably whatever the feds wanted them to “agree” on.
@Bizzarro
Considering it’s the federal government, probably whatever the feds wanted them to “agree” on.
I’M WAITING FOR MY COLD CALL, GUYS!!!
I’M WAITING FOR MY COLD CALL, GUYS!!!
@ Jersey_Trader
“What idiot would call anyone at Microsoft Corp. and offer them a job. What would they bring to the table.”
I’d start with the immediate distribution of question marks.
@ Jersey_Trader
“What idiot would call anyone at Microsoft Corp. and offer them a job. What would they bring to the table.”
I’d start with the immediate distribution of question marks.
Why pay a higher wage to keep your best employees when you can just fix it so they can’t go anywhere.
Why pay a higher wage to keep your best employees when you can just fix it so they can’t go anywhere.
Do any of you realize that on Friday, September 25, 2009, Apple closed at $182.37? Today they closed at $292.32! That is a nice increase.