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Apple, Google Agree To Settle Lawsuit Alleging Hiring Conspiracy

Posted by samzenpus on from the have-some-money dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A group of tech companies including Google and Apple have agreed to settle an antitrust lawsuit over no-hire agreements in Silicon Valley. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. From the article: 'Tech workers filed a class action lawsuit against Apple Inc, Google Inc, Intel Inc and Adobe Systems Inc in 2011, alleging they conspired to refrain from soliciting one another's employees in order to avert a salary war. Trial had been scheduled to begin at the end of May on behalf of roughly 64,000 workers in the class.'"

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  1. Friendly Advice from HR! by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just, um, incidentally, all those checks are uniquely serialized and anyone who cashes one really isn't showing themselves to be a team player or a good fit with company culture, now are they?

    1. Re:Friendly Advice from HR! by pepty · · Score: 4, Funny

      job application question #12: Have you ever sued your employer?

    2. Re:Friendly Advice from HR! by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

      "I shot an employer." "In self defense" "Yeah, that's what I made it look like"

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  2. Google would never hire me... by MindPrison · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...if they knew my search history.

    Oh wait...

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