What is the secret agreement between Google, Apple, Adobe, Intel, Pixar and others?
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Google President Eric Schmidt, Apple 's late Steve Jobs CEO, Intel CEO Paul Otellini, and Adobe , Walt Disney , Pixar , Lucasfilm , Intuit and others have signed a secret agreement in Silicon Valley. It became clear.
Apple, Google Must Face Employee-Poaching Ban Antitrust Lawsuit --Bloomberg
Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-lawsuit-idUSTRE80Q27420120127
Steve Jobs personally asked Eric Schmidt to stop poaching employees, and other unredacted statements in a Silicon Valley scandal | The Verge
(PDF file) IN RE: HIGH-TECH EMPLOYEE ANTITRUST LITIGATION
A trial against antitrust law has been filed in the San Jose District Court, California, against Google and seven other companies. According to the complaint, Google and others have agreed not to solicit employees from other companies.
According to a survey, in May 2005, senior executives from Adobe and Apple agreed that they would not solicit employees from each other's companies. Adobe has been added to Apple's internal 'do-not-call list', while Apple has been added to Adobe's internal 'companies that are off-limits' list.
Apple and Google have been on each other's 'do-not-call' list since 2006. The following year, Apple and Pixar signed a similar agreement, and Google also signed an agreement with Intel and Intuit.
Specific episodes have also been raised, and the following is an example.
◆ Apple and Google
Before the deal was signed, Steve Jobs emailed Eric Schmidt, 'I'd be happy if (Google's) recruitment department stopped doing this (pulling out).' Schmidt immediately told the company, 'I believe Google has a policy of not pulling out of Apple. And this is also an external request. Immediately stop doing this and tell me why this happened. I want you to contact Apple right away, so let me know as soon as possible. '
Arnnon Geshuri, Google's director of human resources, immediately responded to Schmidt's contact by saying, 'People involved in the withdrawal will be dismissed immediately. Please thank Jobs. This case is a single case. Be careful not to do this again. ' Three days later, Google Senior Vice President Shona Brown contacted Geshuri, 'Thank you for taking appropriate action. Please make a shared case for this issue with the group.'
Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt
◆ Google and Intel
Intel CEO Paul Otellini said, 'What I want to make clear is that we haven't signed anything. I just said'No recruit'and Eric and I shook hands. It's so widely known. Is not very desirable, 'he said, as if to hide the' Gentlemen's Agreement. '
There was a 'no withdrawal agreement' within Intel stating that Pixar employees should not be hired without the explicit approval of the Pixar CEO. It says, 'If a former Pixar employee wants to get a job at Intel (without contact from Intel), contact Pat Gelsinger (former Intel CTO). Gelsinger contacts Pixar's CEO. And get consent to hire. '
◆ Google and Intuit
Google executive Arnnon Geshuri confirmed with Eric Schmidt that Intuit CEO Bill Campbell had told him to add his company to the 'Do not call' list. The email revealed that Google has a public 'Do not call' list.
◆ Apple and Pixar
When a person who originally programmed Macintosh-related tools at Apple left Apple for his own convenience and later wanted to get a job at Pixar, Pixar did not accept him. According to the story, Pixar explained at this time, 'Only one point, we can not hire people from Apple.'
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◆ Pixar and Lucasfilm
Pixar and Lucasfilm have explicitly signed an agreement not to enter into an “employee bidding battle”. The two companies have similar agreements with Google as well as senior vice presidents. These ideas of recruitment restrictions are also used at the Apple-Intuit meeting. Pixar's General Manager Jim Morris reveals that this 'gentlemen's agreement' has long been respected.
This proceeding seems to be called the 'High-Tech Corporate Employee Antitrust Lawsuit (San Jose Case)'. According to the plaintiff's lawyer, further secrets will be revealed in the future.
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