Zynga sues 2 former employees over alleged massive data heist

Why do people even do this? Not the suing, I understand that, but employee jumps ship from Company A to go to company B and uses the laptop of Company A to access a lot of data just before they go.

I really resonate with the feeling "wow this company is really screwing up/failing this project I've thrown my heart and soul into" but going from there to exfiltrating all of the data so that you can (presumably) take it to a competitor company and make it flourish there? When you step back and think about it you might think several things.

Do I want to hire someone who will steal the IP of the company they are leaving and bring it to me? Why wouldn't they steal my IP and take it to one of my competitors?

Do I want to work for a company that is ok with people bringing in stolen IP? What sort of other unethical behaviors do they tolerate and am I ok with those too?

Reminds me of the Groucho Marx quip that he doesn't want to join any club that would have him as a member :-)

Intellectual property stolen from Zynga? Oh, the irony!

> Obviously I know you have that clause about not taking people so I am always careful. :-)

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