| Squilliam said:
The reason why what they are doing is a bad thing is this. If they reduce worker mobility they can afford to pay them less... |
But that's just it, they are not reducing worker mobility. The worker still has all the freedom he/she wants, it's just that the companies are not going to send job offers out unsolicited to workers of other companies.
I used to be a consultant. After 12 years of it, I got tired of moving around, so I requested full time employment with the company i was contracted with. That was legal. It would have been against the law however, for the company I was working for to offer me a position unsolicited.
I see it the same here. The worker still has all the power, thus the employer still has to pay him the same. Where these companies get a "win", is they get to keep more of there corporate knowledge in-house, with less risk of intellectual property being stolen.
That's a small thing to worry about in todays times, if you ask me.
