Yes, any word can be used metaphorically. I just don't like the metaphor in this case.
Poaching is used across the industry for workforce quite commonly
Yes, there are a lot of people who disagree with me about that metaphor because they do think of employees as livestock. I wasn't saying it's an uncommon opinion. I was saying it's a deplorable one.
It is an ugly metaphor but since it’s commonly used it was sortof accepted