Can you define “poaching” in this context?
I got a call about 2 weeks ago asking me to look ar a job offer at a competitor. Lots good about it, even a little more money up front. Long term, I am better off where I am. A work friend received a phone call from a former colleague who asked, “what would it take for me to hire X?” The former colleague wanted a specific person for her job and hired him from a competitor. The client rep for one of my vendors moved on. His supervisor temporarily took over. The supervisor called up and hired my account executive for another vendor product.
People are calling up known entities and asking them to apply/move to their business. So long as there are no non compete clauses, there is a lot of fair game.
When a person moves to another company for more pay, if the company still needs people, one of the first things they ask is “Who do you know at your old job who you might like to lure here?”
I took “poaching” here to mean one company attempting to recruit employees away from another.