> You are implying that a company has any ownership whatsoever over its workforce
No I’m not. I’ve never once commented on “ownership”
I just said Apple have deeper pockets so it’s not exactly a fair fight in response to your comment that Masimo should have offered to pay them more.
> If the company whose workers were hired away didn’t want that to happen, they should have paid them more or offered better benefits.
It’s just like when legal threats are made against smaller companies or individuals. Sure, those smaller entities could in theory fight their case. But in practice they usually cannot afford to go head to head with Apple and co, so instead cave to whatever the big corp demands are.