Originally Posted by
FlashBazbo
Shouldn't have any impact. Every designer and engineer who has worked for a competent company has had to sign an employment agreement assigning their stuff (even off the clock) to their employer. Employers don't like funding and educating their employees only to have it used against them.
This suit, in large part, is for the purpose of making sure other Specialized employees don't decide to rip off the company, too.
I'd have to agree with halfspeed. Specialized will always hire the best talent that will work for them. If the best/most talented up and coming builders in the world avoid working to go work for a company that treat's their employees and distributors better, than I would have to say they can't possibly continue hiring the best bike builders available, because they simply won't work for them.