Microsoft exec says OpenAI employees can join with same compensation::Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott offered to match the compensation of OpenAI employees considering a departure from the company.
Microsoft exec says OpenAI employees can join with same compensation::Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott offered to match the compensation of OpenAI employees considering a departure from the company.
Hiring someone that OpenAI chose to fire is pretty clearly fair play, but how does this declaration not directly run afoul of anti-poaching laws?
(Disclaimer: not a lawyer)
Anti-poaching laws?
IIUC companies in the US can poach all they want. Non-poach agreements are not enforceable, I think.
It would be pretty anticompetitive to allow non-poach agreements, considering that the US uses at-will employment. If a competitor wants to make an offer to your employees, your employees should be free to accept that offer. At-will employment is a two-way street.
It’s the reverse. Companies get in trouble for agreeing to not poach employees from each other.
What anti-poaching laws? At most this would violate non-compete clauses that may exist, but those generally aren’t enforceable anyways.
The only thing I’m familiar with that resembles anti poaching laws in America is tampering rules in sports leagues but they have all these exemptions and such. Anti poaching laws in tech industry would be pretty catastrophic.
You can’t go to the business and recruit. Public statements, LinkedIn messages, etc are totally fine.