Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, it depends on how these persons names were obtained, and how the contacts are made. A companys employee list certainly can be considered confidential and proprietary, and it is certainly an asset of the company. If I leave my company, and go to a competitor, and I, or my company through information obtained from me, solicit my old colleagues, that certainly would create a problem. If, in a passing conversation, I am asked by an old colleague if there are any opportunities with my new company, then the coast is clear. No horse, or hockey here, but it's an interesting concept... > Horse Hockey. Soliciting someone to obtain confidential or proprietary > information about a competitor is certainly fraught with ethical and legal > issues, but simple employment? Horse Hockey! > > > Apparently the new Leica Distributor in Canada tried to have him switch > > > job from Kindermann. He refused. Other technicians were also > > > unsuccesfully approached. > > > > I believe in the US there are laws about soliciting people 'in this > > manner'. Usually, there are agreements in place that prohibit this. If > > the technician wanted to contact the new distributor, that is certainly OK > > in my book, but for the new distributor to solicit them, I believe, is > > unethical.