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2007 / 2012
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Apple, Google, and peers · 2000s
Recruiting sites and later court defenses
“The companies told the world they competed fiercely for talent. Engineers were urged to believe the next offer was one email away.”
War is the private labor market. Competition is the public one. The email is short because the preference is simple.
The tell · A CEO-to-CEO threat is the wage policy.
How this became public: Unredacted in High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation, N.D. Cal. 5:11-cv-02509.
Keyboard: J / K or ← / → to move. S for sources. Esc leaves the pair.
Pipe: Court. Unredacted in High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation, N.D. Cal. 5:11-cv-02509.
Public claim
Apple, Google, and peers, public labor-market story
2000s · Recruiting sites and later court defenses
Article
Private artifact
Steve Jobs to Eric Schmidt, Apple CEO to Google CEO
2007 · Email
Article
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