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PCD Since: May, 2021
2022-09-08 10:06:15

I searched "hiring a rival" and came up with *Corporate Warfare (when companies take the metaphor of "being warriors in business" literally)

  • Rival Science Teams (when scientists compete to reach a goal or discovery first, or freelance to anyone willing to pay them.)

Not sure about getting a good person to work for you instead of another company or group. "Headhunting" is the real-life slang term for this.

Jetbent Since: Aug, 2022
2022-09-08 11:05:41

Seems like Corporate Defector would be a good trope name for this phenomenon but I don't see anything about it on Betrayal Tropes that's specific to getting poached.

Related would be The Corruptible, Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal, or The Mutiny

Edited by Jetbent 60% of the time I work every time
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