Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]People at the company at which I used to work were solicited by head hunters all the time. This sort of thing is routine. Dan C. At 05:09 PM 01-04-00 -0500, Austin Franklin wrote: >Well, it depends on how these persons names were obtained, and how the >contacts are made. A companys employee list certainly can be considered >confidential and proprietary, and it is certainly an asset of the company. > >If I leave my company, and go to a competitor, and I, or my company through >information obtained from me, solicit my old colleagues, that certainly >would create a problem. If, in a passing conversation, I am asked by an >old colleague if there are any opportunities with my new company, then the >coast is clear. > >No horse, or hockey here, but it's an interesting concept... > > >> Horse Hockey. Soliciting someone to obtain confidential or proprietary >> information about a competitor is certainly fraught with ethical and >legal >> issues, but simple employment? Horse Hockey! > >> > > Apparently the new Leica Distributor in Canada tried to have him >switch >> > > job from Kindermann. He refused. Other technicians were also >> > > unsuccesfully approached. >> > >> > I believe in the US there are laws about soliciting people 'in this >> > manner'. Usually, there are agreements in place that prohibit this. > If >> > the technician wanted to contact the new distributor, that is certainly >OK >> > in my book, but for the new distributor to solicit them, I believe, is >> > unethical. > > > >