[LINK] Skill shortage forces Google to search offshore

[Adam Todd]

I like clause 7:

7. Google does not wish to receive any confidential information from
Participant, and Google assumes no obligation, either express or
implied, for any information disclosed by Participant.


So therefore, you can go for a job interview, not provide your name, 
details or anything else, unless Google gets it from a third party or 
a public source.

They don't WANT to know about you, nor do they want to HEAR anything 
intellectual from you!

Anything you tell, give or offer Google is of no consequence to 
Google and technically by the wording of CLause 7, anything you put 
into google remains your own :)

Especially when you add:

11. No Party acquires any intellectual property rights under this
Agreement (including but not limited to patent, copyright, and
trademark rights) except the limited rights necessary to carry out
the purposes as set forth in this Agreement.


So I can't see anything wrong with the agreement, it protects Googles 
IP, which is fair, and it protects yours and your privacy to an 
extreme that goes way beyond intelligent, in fact it says "Don't tell 
or do anything"




At 07:47 AM 4/05/2007, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
>Maybe the skill shortage is among people who read the Google NDA:
>
>http://valleywag.com/tech/google/this-nda-never-existed-230407.php
>
>..."we  own you for all eternity, even if we didn't hire you"...
>
>RC
>
>stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>>Skill shortage forces Google to search offshore
>>May 2, 2007 - 1:55PM
>>
>><http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/skill-shortage-forces-search-> 
>>offshore/2007/05/02/1177788202848.html>
>>
>>Google is having to search the United States for IT workers to 
>>staff the search engine's growing operations in Australia.
>>
>>The Silicon Valley-based company will host an Australian-themed 
>>open day next Tuesday at its global headquarters in Mountain View, California.
>>The session, branded G'day Google, will urge both American 
>>engineers and some of the 100,000 Australian expats in California 
>>to help address the chronic shortage of IT workers in Australia ..
>>
>>According to Google's careers page, the company is currently 
>>seeking 20 engineers for its Australian operations.
>>
>>"We're going to hire as many quality engineering candidates as we 
>>can find," Google Australia's head of engineering, Alan Noble, said. AAP
>>--
>>
>>Cheers all ..
>>Stephen Loosley
>>Victoria, Australia
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