Judge Orders Apple's New Hire to Stop Work
The drama continues for Apple's new employee Mark Papermaster who recently took a job at Apple to replace Tony Fadell. The transition has received more attention than usual due to a lawsuit filed by IBM.
Papermaster was said to have a non-compete agreement in place in which he agreed not to work at a competitor for a period of one year following his employment at IBM.
A new report reveals that a District Court judge has now ordered Papermaster to immediately stop work due to the possible violation of the agreement. Papermaster has argued that IBM and Apple are not competitors. Apple has said they will comply with the court's order but "are confident that Mark Papermaster will be able to ultimately join Apple when the dust settles".
Papermaster was hired at Apple to replace Fadell as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering. Fortune provides a detailed timeline of the events of Papermaster's recruitment. Steve Jobs is said to have offered Papermaster an offer he couldn't refuse, a "once in a liftetime opportunity". Papermaster accepted the job offer despite a significant counteroffer from IBM.
Papermaster was said to have a non-compete agreement in place in which he agreed not to work at a competitor for a period of one year following his employment at IBM.
A new report reveals that a District Court judge has now ordered Papermaster to immediately stop work due to the possible violation of the agreement. Papermaster has argued that IBM and Apple are not competitors. Apple has said they will comply with the court's order but "are confident that Mark Papermaster will be able to ultimately join Apple when the dust settles".
Papermaster was hired at Apple to replace Fadell as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering. Fortune provides a detailed timeline of the events of Papermaster's recruitment. Steve Jobs is said to have offered Papermaster an offer he couldn't refuse, a "once in a liftetime opportunity". Papermaster accepted the job offer despite a significant counteroffer from IBM.
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43 months ago
Wow, took a while for MacRumors to catch on to this news. I think it was on Gizmodo earlier this morning. I think this will get sorted out soon, and hopefully IBM loses this one.
43 months ago
thats a consequence when you sign a non-compete. should have told ibm he had an offer before hand and used it as levergae to possibly get a higher salary at ibm lol
43 months ago
I hope that this mess will get cleared soon, since IBM and Apple aren't competitors and Pagemaster's position doesn't even directly deal with the creation of chips for devices as he is just the head of hardware.
43 months ago
I don't think this has any real legal standing, after all, Apple stopped making processors, right?
43 months ago
thats a consequence when you sign a non-compete. should have told ibm he had an offer before hand and used it as levergae to possibly get a higher salary at ibm lol
he apparently did get a large offer from IBM.
I don't think this has any real legal standing, after all, Apple stopped making processors, right?
what do you think papermaster will be doing at IBM? Apple is said to be working on ARM processors.
arn
43 months ago
thats a consequence when you sign a non-compete. should have told ibm he had an offer before hand and used it as levergae to possibly get a higher salary at ibm lol
Rule 1 of changing jobs: Never accept a counteroffer. The fact that it took that to keep you will show that your company loyalty is shot. Most people who take counteroffers usually leave anyway within a year.
There's an easy way to get around the non-compete: jump ship to a job in California. California law has precedent where it has invalidated out of state noncompetes. And if I recall, 1 Infinity Loop happens to be in California. The New York courts were the ones to issue the work stoppage, but Apple can countersue in California courts to have the clause eliminated.
43 months ago
by the sound of the previous story it sounds like the court will side with Apple... however it does make sense that they will prevent him from working until the decision is reached. I wouldn't worry too much.
43 months ago
Urgh, can't IBM just go screw themselves, please?
what if you were ibm and your top guy leaves for a similar company after he had signed a non-compete?
i dont know how people can take apple's side on this to be honest as the job would on some level be "competeting" with ibm. tends to happen when you are an expert/specialist in a topic
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