Comment on Hope You Enjoy the Smell of Napalm in the Morning (Apple vs. Google)parentComments−hga16yIn this context "poaching" doesn't necessarily require Apple to have approached him.−philwelch16yIn this context it does. The rumored agreement was that Apple and Google couldn't recruit each other's employees but their employees could apply at the other company if they wished.−pquerna16yi've also heard it worded that they would not even /hire/ from each other, not just recruit from each other.−hga16yYeah, that's a less strict usage of "poaching" that you'll sometimes see.
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In this context "poaching" doesn't necessarily require Apple to have approached him.
In this context it does. The rumored agreement was that Apple and Google couldn't recruit each other's employees but their employees could apply at the other company if they wished.
i've also heard it worded that they would not even /hire/ from each other, not just recruit from each other.
Yeah, that's a less strict usage of "poaching" that you'll sometimes see.