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by fnfjfk 908 days ago
If the company whose workers were hired away didn’t want that to happen, they should have paid them more or offered better benefits.

When this happens, it’s because workers are winning. Not just those with a new better-paying job, but everyone in the sector that benefits from rising wages.
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hnlmorg 908 days ago
In theory that’s fair, but in practice it is just another example of large companies with deep pockets bullying smaller businesses.

Taking the interview at face value, those employees were already in the 98 percentile and Apple still doubled their wages.

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fnfjfk 908 days ago
You are implying that a company has any ownership whatsoever over its workforce. It does not. The workers are not “theirs”, and they are presumably employed under an “at-will” agreement.

Companies and owners sure do get upset when it’s the workers that take advantage of “at-will”.

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hnlmorg 908 days ago
> You are implying that a company has any ownership whatsoever over its workforce

No I’m not. I’ve never once commented on “ownership”

I just said Apple have deeper pockets so it’s not exactly a fair fight in response to your comment that Masimo should have offered to pay them more.

> If the company whose workers were hired away didn’t want that to happen, they should have paid them more or offered better benefits.

It’s just like when legal threats are made against smaller companies or individuals. Sure, those smaller entities could in theory fight their case. But in practice they usually cannot afford to go head to head with Apple and co, so instead cave to whatever the big corp demands are.

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