something that can only be done in collusion with other companies and so is rather far-fetched.
Some of the companies that are doing this (i.e., major tech companies) have colluded in the past — specifically, to drive down wages — so that part isn’t exactly a conspiratorial fantasy.
Seems like it’d be on a completely different scale, don’t you think?
What happens if you lay off 5,000 employees but then your competitor goes, “lol sike, I’m keeping mine”? You can’t sue them!
Compare what happens if you don’t cold call Apple’s employees to poach them and they cold call yours - you can just start again, and only lost however many months of potential new hires.
What I took issue with is your idea that collusion between companies to lower wages was somehow unlikely when it’s already happened before. That doesn’t prove that it’s happening now, but it does disprove your argument that they wouldn’t collude or it’s extremely unlikely because collusion between them doesn’t happen.
Some of the companies that are doing this (i.e., major tech companies) have colluded in the past — specifically, to drive down wages — so that part isn’t exactly a conspiratorial fantasy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation
Seems like it’d be on a completely different scale, don’t you think?
What happens if you lay off 5,000 employees but then your competitor goes, “lol sike, I’m keeping mine”? You can’t sue them!
Compare what happens if you don’t cold call Apple’s employees to poach them and they cold call yours - you can just start again, and only lost however many months of potential new hires.
What I took issue with is your idea that collusion between companies to lower wages was somehow unlikely when it’s already happened before. That doesn’t prove that it’s happening now, but it does disprove your argument that they wouldn’t collude or it’s extremely unlikely because collusion between them doesn’t happen.