>Our (Google's) policy only impacted cold calling, and we continued to recruit from these companies through LinkedIn, job fairs, employee referrals, or when candidates approached Google directly. In fact, we hired hundreds of employees from the companies involved during this time period.
Not defending google here, but there is some nuance to the issue.
The scummiest part to me is that they made "agreements that, when offering a position to another company's employee, neither company would counteroffer above the initial offer."
Not defending google here, but there is some nuance to the issue.
The scummiest part to me is that they made "agreements that, when offering a position to another company's employee, neither company would counteroffer above the initial offer."
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...