Google's trying hard to stop employees move to Facebook

Software engineers are obviously attracted towards Facebook - now the world's biggest social network; and lot of Google's talented employees have obtained offers from Facebook. Google's making counter offers to stop their employees joining FB. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/01/google-making-extraordinary-counteroffers-to-stop-flow-of-employees-to-facebook/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google Making Extraordinary Counteroffers To Stop Flow Of Employees To Facebook • TechCrunch</a> -

One recent Googler, we’ve confirmed, was recently offered a counter offer he couldn’t refuse (except he did). He was offered a 15% raise on his $150,000 mid level developer salary, quadruple the stock benefits and…wait for it…a $500,000 cash bonus to stay for a year. He took the Facebook offer anyway.