Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers - Polidicks

[release] The late Steve Jobs. Photo: Reuters Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee's job, according to a court filing. The 2007 email from Jobs to Schmidt was disclosed on Friday in the course of civil litigation against Apple, Google and five other technology companies. The proposed class action, brought by five software engineers, accuses the companies of conspiring to keep employee compensation low by eliminating competition for skilled labour. In 2010, Google, Apple, Adobe, Intel, Intuit and Walt Disney's Pixar unit agreed to a settlement of a US Justice Department probe that bars them from agreeing to refrain from poaching each other's employees. Advertisement: Story continues below Google chairman Eric Schmidt. Photo: Reuters According to an unredacted court filing made public in the civil litigation on Friday, the now-deceased Jobs emailed Schmidt in March 2007 about an attempt by a Google employee to recruit an Apple engineer. Schmidt was also an Apple board member at the time. "I would be very pleased if your recruiting department would stop doing this," Jobs wrote. Schmidt forwarded Jobs's email onto other, undisclosed recipients. "Can you get this stopped and let me know why this is happening?" Schmidt wrote. Google's staffing director responded that the employee who contacted the Apple engineer "will be terminated within the hour". He added: "Please extend my apologies as appropriate to Steve Jobs." Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick said on Friday the company, "has always actively and aggressively recruited top talent". Apple representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The tech defendants have asked a US judge in San Jose, California to quickly dismiss the civil lawsuit, arguing that the companies engaged in bilateral anti-poaching deals to protect collaboration. The companies did not participate in an "overarching conspiracy", they argued in filings. But at a court hearing last week, US District Judge Lucy Koh said the civil lawsuit will proceed, although it may be split up into multiple potential class actions. Among the revelations stemming from the civil litigation is a 2007 note from Palm's chief executive to Apple's Steve Jobs, saying that an anti-poaching agreement would be "likely illegal". The latest court filing also refers to a 2007 note from Intel chief executive Paul Otellini discussing that company's agreement with Google. "Let me clarify. We have nothing signed," Otellini wrote. "We have a handshake 'no recruit' between eric and myself. I would not like this broadly known." Intel representative Sumner Lemon said on Friday the company, "disagrees with the allegations contained in the private litigation related to recruiting practices and plans to conduct a vigorous defence." [/release] Read more: [url]http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/steve-jobs-told-google-to-stop-poaching-workers-20120130-1qonn.html#ixzz1kvUTPXJW[/url] Well Steve is just a dick

[QUOTE=shian;34458779] Well Steve is just a dick[/QUOTE] that's been new since when?

[QUOTE=shian;34458779] Well Steve is just a dick[/QUOTE] How dare he be against companies trying to steal his employees!

[release] Google's staffing director responded that the employee who contacted the Apple engineer [b]"will be terminated within the hour".[/b] [/release] Wow, they take things deadly serious.

[QUOTE=shian;34458779]...[b]bars them from agreeing to refrain from[/b]... [/QUOTE] goddamnit i had to read that like 3 times

I sometimes pretend these companies are mafia gangs. Makes reading news like this much more fun to read.

[QUOTE=Mr._N;34458918]Wow, they take things deadly serious.[/QUOTE] Google in a nutshell, pretty much. They're very serious about their business, only they're also smart enough to know the consumer is vitally important to that business.

[QUOTE=Mr._N;34458918][release] Google's staffing director responded that the employee who contacted the Apple engineer [B]"will be terminated within the hour".[/B] [/release] Wow, they take things deadly serious.[/QUOTE] And that's why they're successful. But really. If a guy would be willing to switch, it simply means you're not giving your workers enough incentives to work there, no? Why not fix the issue instead of moaning at Google, even if they sort of agreed with you.

"Stealing stolen property is like, twice as bad!" -Apple

Don't blame them. Google has been voted best employer for a few years on the run.

Steve had a really bad attitute to be honest, and I believe it led him to die of cancer because he refused help. (Atleast thats what I heard) But I can't deny he had some pretty good ideas.

Am I the only one who feels like he didn't really die? Kinda left behind a huge legacy and when shit like this pops up, feels like he's still here.

[QUOTE=Black;34460299]Steve had a really bad attitute to be honest, and I believe it led him to die of cancer because he refused help. (Atleast thats what I heard) But I can't deny he had some pretty good ideas.[/QUOTE] I guess he was really stubborn I won't lie, I love the idea of his devices, to stay specific, to be as slick as possible and keep only what is needed... but if he later made his products more open and customizable he'd make tons of cash... that and upgrade better. Plus, it just seems so strange to have your products so closed like that. [QUOTE=Eeshton;34460520]Am I the only one who feels like he didn't really die? Kinda left behind a huge legacy and when shit like this pops up, feels like he's still here.[/QUOTE] Mr. Jobs [IMG]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111215075426/fallout/images/thumb/9/9a/FNV_Mr_House_Screen.png/240px-FNV_Mr_House_Screen.png[/IMG]

Steve jobs is still alive?

[QUOTE=overpain;34461381]Steve jobs is still alive?[/QUOTE] Yeah, Bill Gates got him a job at Microsoft. When everyone says he "died" they mean him leaving Apple.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;34461445]Yeah, Bill Gates got him a job at Microsoft. When everyone says he "died" they mean him leaving Apple.[/QUOTE] This isn't far from reality since the first reactions at Jobs leaving the CEO position at apple were misinterpreted as him dying by twitter and macrumors users. One guy even organized a candlelit vigil at his local apple store.

[QUOTE=Jelly;34458894]How dare he be against companies trying to steal his employees![/QUOTE] How dare an employee try to get a better job. Once you're in Apple you're always in Apple.

Terminated in the hour for trying to get an Apple engineer what's probably a better job? Jobs basically says "Just please don't do this" and so Google fires the guy? I don't know, maybe I didn't read close enough, but it seems like not only Jobs' employees were intimidated by the guy.

[QUOTE=latin_geek;34461617]This isn't far from reality since the first reactions at Jobs leaving the CEO position at apple were misinterpreted as him dying by twitter and macrumors users. One guy even organized a candlelit vigil at his local apple store.[/QUOTE] I was blind, but now i see. Thank you.

[QUOTE=Mr._N;34458918][release] Google's staffing director responded that the employee who contacted the Apple engineer [b]"will be terminated within the hour".[/b] [/release] Wow, they take things deadly serious.[/QUOTE] Terminated = killed

Steve Jobs should have just founded a real life Umbrella Corporation, he would have been perfect for it.

[QUOTE=smurfy;34463598]Terminated = killed[/QUOTE] It all makes sense now.

This article has been posted everywhere on the internet with a variety of different titles, and yet we choose the one that has Steve Jobs in the title, and now we will spend the est of the thread calling him a dick. Remember that this was a conspiracy between many more companies than just Apple and Google.

There monopolizing talent instead of letting the free-market decide which company provides the best job.