It is poaching. They made an agreement with Apple to work for Apple, and Meta did disrespect that by poaching them. Thats exactly how employment works.

You're denying fundamental human demands for fairness and equity. Of course it's poaching

You can't have it both-ways. Either employment is at-will or it's not.

An implication that companies don't have a right to make a better offer to anyone (or that employees don't have the right to leave on a dime) is an implication that illegal marketplace collusion is going on.

> They made an agreement with Apple to work for Apple, and Meta did disrespect that by poaching them

Might be the biggest bootlick statement I've ever seen on this forum.

Companies have 0 right to "claim" you. They'd fire you with no second thought.

I could agree to this argument if they broke their employment contract's clause about notice period, but there is no evidence from TFA that that is the case (and I'd assume Apple would use whatever legal means they have to enforce a contract in such a case).

>You're denying fundamental human demands for fairness and equity. Of course it's poaching

I disagree. Apple could fire these people at will. Fairness is that they can quit and move to a better offer by a competitor at will.