Obviously, the word "stole" is not used in the literal sense here.
Mind you, an employment contract has been signed with the candidate. However, I'm not upset at the candidate because he was apologetic.
Mind you, an employment contract has been signed with the candidate. However, I'm not upset at the candidate because he was apologetic.
Realistically, there is nothing a startup can do to compete with Google for employees unless you are a founder/co-founder.
You guys can't be seriously about thinking that I was actually pissed off at Google for this?!
While we are making good money, I was just shocked that we would be competing with Google for talents since we are so tiny.
I assume you are in California? From what I understand (and I'm no lawyer, but I am an employer.) if you think that you can force someone to work for you because they have an employment contract, well, I believe you will be disappointed. "at will" employment cuts both ways.
I mean, really, the "validation of your hiring decisions" is the only rational way to look at this. Handle it properly, and you have another contact at google who speaks well of you. Handle it poorly, and, well, you just end up looking like a dick.
Just like "stealing movies", isn't really "stealing", but "copyright infringement", but the studios call it stealing anyway ("pirating movies is just like shoplifting", etc).
You could've said "Google handed my third employee a $25K raise" ;)