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    wolfbinary
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    http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/career/apple-google-adobe-sued-for-allegedly-fixing-salaries/3119?tag=nl.e099[^] I'm not sure this should come as any surprise. One more way to keep wages flat.

    That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_

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      http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/career/apple-google-adobe-sued-for-allegedly-fixing-salaries/3119?tag=nl.e099[^] I'm not sure this should come as any surprise. One more way to keep wages flat.

      That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_

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      personally I would be pretty pissed if a company made me an offer that I had NOT decided to take, then proceeded to tell my boss that they had done so. Now if I don't take the job I have problems at the current one due to a pissed off boss.

      Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning.

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        http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/career/apple-google-adobe-sued-for-allegedly-fixing-salaries/3119?tag=nl.e099[^] I'm not sure this should come as any surprise. One more way to keep wages flat.

        That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_

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        I saw nothing in there that should qualify as illegal or warranting a suing over. It sounded more like the 3 companies were trying not to be d*cks to one another by constantly trying to steal employees. There's nothing in there about keeping wages flat. They just didn't want to start bidding wars. If a new offer was made the sky could still be the limit. The others just agreed not to counter it.

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          I saw nothing in there that should qualify as illegal or warranting a suing over. It sounded more like the 3 companies were trying not to be d*cks to one another by constantly trying to steal employees. There's nothing in there about keeping wages flat. They just didn't want to start bidding wars. If a new offer was made the sky could still be the limit. The others just agreed not to counter it.

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          keyboard warrior
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          well thank the lorda you are not the department of justice.

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            well thank the lorda you are not the department of justice.

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            thrakazog
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            Agreed. They have horrible jobs if they have to hear this kinda junk all the time. :)

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              I saw nothing in there that should qualify as illegal or warranting a suing over. It sounded more like the 3 companies were trying not to be d*cks to one another by constantly trying to steal employees. There's nothing in there about keeping wages flat. They just didn't want to start bidding wars. If a new offer was made the sky could still be the limit. The others just agreed not to counter it.

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              thrakazog wrote:

              It sounded more like the 3 companies were trying not to be d*cks to one another by constantly trying to steal employees.

              They are d*cks by not competing for qualified employees. It's funny how companies don't want to compete if they don't have to for anything.

              thrakazog wrote:

              There's nothing in there about keeping wages flat. They just didn't want to start bidding wars. If a new offer was made the sky could still be the limit. The others just agreed not to counter it.

              The article didn't I was making the opinion about keeping wages flat. There's no reason to raise the bid if the other party won't counter higher. The sky isn't the limit because both sides won't compete or bid against each other. They could basically just pay the person the same wage or very nominally the same and the person would basically make the same at either place. That's the point. Companies are supposed to have to compete for employees the same way they have to compete for market share.

              That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_

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                personally I would be pretty pissed if a company made me an offer that I had NOT decided to take, then proceeded to tell my boss that they had done so. Now if I don't take the job I have problems at the current one due to a pissed off boss.

                Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning.

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                I'd be pretty pissed too.

                gavindon wrote:

                Now if I don't take the job I have problems at the current one due to a pissed off boss.

                I've found this especially true of family owned businesses. They see it as some kind of betrayal. It's funny how that street is one way in their favor.

                That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_

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