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		scheme271 on April 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FTC announces rule banning noncompetes That got Google, Apple, Adobe and a few other companies in a lot of trouble because they all agreed not to recruit each other's employees.

bugglebeetle on April 24, 2024 [–]

It got them a slap on the wrist and a nothing fine for years of depressing wages. No one went to jail and the head of HR at Google during this period also got a book deal.

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