That's simply not how employment works.
So the deeper point is that things are problematic enough at Apple that an executive in a dream job would consider leaving and not just leave but go to a company that's brand is fairly toxic but nevertheless is so aggressively investing in AI to pull off all kinds of brand washing
Money aside, Apple is way cooler.
There are 3 parties involved. The worker choosing to accept a better offer. The hiring company making a better offer. The previous employer offering unsatisfactory terms.
The term "poaching" suggests that the departing employee is being "stolen" or "taken" from their current employer, implying a sense of ownership over that individual. Employees are not property; they are individuals with the right to seek better opportunities and make their own career choices.
You're denying fundamental human demands for fairness and equity. Of course it's poaching
An implication that companies don't have a right to make a better offer to anyone (or that employees don't have the right to leave on a dime) is an implication that illegal marketplace collusion is going on.
Might be the biggest bootlick statement I've ever seen on this forum.
Companies have 0 right to "claim" you. They'd fire you with no second thought.
>You're denying fundamental human demands for fairness and equity. Of course it's poaching
I disagree. Apple could fire these people at will. Fairness is that they can quit and move to a better offer by a competitor at will.
Certainly when there are exceptions they do drive innovation, so the myth making i observe is more like magic the gathering and opening up packs to find rare cards and trying to follow the current meta strategies and beat them.
Unfortunately, LLMs are really good at the same bullshit Steve Jobs was, and just as failable when taken confidently out of context and non appropiately assessed.
Here's an alternate headline: Valuable AI workers improve compensation by leaving Apple
Neither Amazon or Google are going to pay $200 million dollar salaries, never mind Apple.
I suspect these companies will figure out how to respond to these types of offers without blowing up their entire org charts.
jimbob45•6mo ago