Spy games in HR tech: Inside Rippling’s wild lawsuit against Deel

Rippling’s newest lawsuit reads much less like a authorized submitting and extra just like the plot of a company espionage thriller, full with secret crypto funds, an alleged mole, and a pretend Slack channel entice.

This week, the HR tech startup publicly named the worker on the heart of its case in opposition to its rival Deel, claiming the corporate paid him not-exactly-life-changing sums to spy from the within. Deel, for its half, has denied the claims, calling this a dramatic distraction from Rippling’s personal authorized troubles.

At the moment, on Trendster’s Fairness podcast, hosts Max Zeff and Anthony Ha are catching us up on the week’s headlines, together with a breakdown of how this saga between two HR tech giants escalated from enterprise rivalry to accusations of racketeering, and why, based on Max, smashing the telephone you employ for company espionage with an ax at your mother-in-law’s home is “the oldest trick within the guide.”

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