Revealed Emails/Court Documents regarding Pixar/Steve Jobs Wage Fixing

[Landguy]

famousringo said:

Landguy said:

mornelithe said:

Landguy said:
Interesting read, too bad that there isn't anything wrong with what Disney and these other companies are or were doing. All of these companies had to work together in many different formats. All they were really after is basic business practice between companies in the same industry.

Because none of this stuff is written down in an actual agreement, it really means nothing.

Except wage fixing is illegal and a violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act??

I didn't see anything in the documents indicating price fixing.  That was conjecture by either the OP or the person who wrote the article.

What I did see was a number of companies that have many different divisions that work together in business.  Because of those relationships, they have an understanding about communicating if they want to poach an employee or to not "raid" (exact word in the documents) their companies and take large chunks of emploees at one time.

Sure, if the companies had no involvement with each other, this would be criminal in nature.  But, even then it is common to let companies know that you are fishing in their pond  - out of courtesy.

At the very least, I'd say it's safe to say they have a case they can bring before the courts, just like the Silicon Valley employees' class action suit against tech colluders currently before the courts. The judge can decide if these communications were illegal or not.

I agree.  Like I mentioned earlier, when all the information comes out, and it is taken in context of when and what was transpiring at the time, it may have a real damning implication or none at all.

I think the take away here is that almost any large company that you hold as "good" or "honorable" is probably doing something that is just the opposite from a different point of view.