Emails from former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, published below, are at the center of a lawsuit that that connects the tech industry's most powerful executives and companies.
Five tech workers are suing Apple, Google, and Intel.
They say that top executives at these companies agreed to not hire each other's employees.
According to the Telegraph, they are accusing the companies of an illegal conspiracy to eliminate competition for each other's employees and drive down wages."
To make their case, the suing tech workers have cited internal emails between these executives, including some from Steve Jobs to the heads of companies caught trying to hire Apple employees.
These emails have been made public, and The Verge published some of them.
They reveal Jobs to be a man comfortable making threats to rivals.
In this email, Jobs tells a Palm executive that he should stop recruiting Apple employees because "I'm sure you realise the asymmetry in the financial resources of our respective companies."
In this email thread, which starts at the bottom and moves up chronologically, Steve Jobs complains to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt about a Google recruiter contacting an Apple engineer. Schmidt forwards the email on to a Google HR executive, who reports back that the recruiter will be terminated. Schmidt asks the executive to make "a public example of this termination."
In this email thread, which again starts chronologically at the bottom of this image, a Pixar recruiter asks Jobs if it is OK to hire a non-engineer from Apple. Jobs says its OK, and then warns: "The key is to stay away from engineers."
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@darren - there are plenty more scum-suckers that deserve "to pay the price", as you put it. Try starting with RAT FACED comrade PINOCCHIO ju-LIAR 'BARGE BUTT' dullard and all her FERAL labor government thugs, her bludging 'greenie' partners in crime and all their brain-dead followers !
1 ReplyAmericans cannot live without sincere slaves. They do not know to keep employees happy they just command and they expect the other person to be faithful. America though it projects a different image outside is not faithful and trustworthy. There used to be a time when America was really good and Americans were great but not anymore. Filth is rolling out by the day and the crooked practices they involve in. I have seen bribe openly being accepted at many places. I know of companies where they contractors and fire them but the billng still goes the hiring manager and the consulting company benefit together.Many illegal mexicans working across USA. So steve job is not only one. Since the media hyped him he is known others have worst scenarios but they are not as well know. HP has looted public with HP IPAQ it was just a pure conspiracy a good for nothing phone at $400 was some good money making technique. Lots of James madoff out there who are not in jail.
ReplyWell Renee Adam's name is now all over the internet....
Replyon behalf of the people the government should take all excessive wealth ( more than thrice the median, say)..... the advances will still be made and proceeds shared more appropriately....
3 Repliesmany industries have a no-poaching rule. Or the employee has to wait 6 months before they join the new firm. Its just the same
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