[sjtindell]

I have heard the same from a manager I know at Oracle. Not to say there’s a bunch of hidden talent there, but in the last couple years there has been a long string of good, high level people who got huge offers from FAANG and walked away. Oracle doesn’t even try to compete, and couldn’t. In most cases that person is also replaced by an offshore, sub-par employee with no money to hire a real replacement.

[harrygeez]

This seems to be a recurring pattern. Should we be worried? What if FAANG just poach all the good talents and put Intel, IBM, Oracle, etc out of business? Is this not anticompetitive?

[foxyv]

Competition implies that there are winners and losers. If FAANG just poaches all the talent, then Intel, IBM and Oracle will just have to start competing for the talent they need instead of resting on their laurels.

Anti-competitive would be if they agreed NOT to poach talent in order to keep salaries low.