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Samsung, LG Sued Over US Employee Recruiting Policies (reuters.com)
A former sales manager for LG has sued Samsung and LG in a California court, alleging that both the companies have poached each other's U.S. employees despite having signed an agreement to not do so. Reuters reports: The plaintiff, A. Frost, says in the lawsuit that a recruiter contacted Frost via LinkedIn in 2013, seeking to fill a position with Samsung. According to the lawsuit, the recruiter then informed Frost the same day: "I made a mistake! I'm not supposed to poach LG for Samsung!!! Sorry! The two companies have an agreement that they won't steal each other's employees." It is "implausible" that such a deal in the United States could have been reached without the consent of each company's corporate parent in South Korea, says the lawsuit, which does not state a specific damages amount.
Yeah, terrible fucking summary, Makes it sound like some asshole is suing them for not honoring their non-poaching agreements. The actual article makes it clear that they are actually being sued for HAVING those non-poaching agreements in the first place.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
And then the hiring managers were free to blab this to the outside headhunters, informing them of this non-poaching agreement?
Pretty tough to honor an agreement like that if you don't let the people doing the hiring know about it.
And once such information makes it to HR - Well, when did your company last send a copy of your tax information to a Nigerian prince who asked nicely?
Hardly. There may be some minimal fines, and some consent decrees, and they will continue on with a few token hires and better management of the process.
Look at Wells Fargo - Such breathtaking violations of consumer finance laws and regulations, literal theft, an organizational culture that both permitted and failed to detect such behavior, and NO ONE will go to jail. The theft charges that were not brought should compel that, and the fines are an order of magnitude less than deserved.
This is chump change comparatively.
deleting the extra space after periods so i can stay relevant, yeah.