Hayes Closing In on Jobot

A six million dollar judgment is now registered in Jobot’s home district.

This story follows our September 26, 2026, report, Hayes Resumes Jobot Judgment Collection Efforts.

Hayes Medical Staffing has registered its $6,037,532 judgment against Jobot in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Jobot’s home district. The filing (attached below) was made November 11, 2026, and opened a judgment collection case in a location where Jobot is likely to have assets. California jurisdiction will also make discovery in aid of the collection effort easier.

The judgment runs against Jobot and the three individual defendants, Amy Eichelberg, Scott Simon, and Allison Patierno:

“The Final Judgment in Plaintiff’s favor and against all Defendants jointly and severally shall be in the amount of six million, thirty-seven thousand, five hundred and thirty-two dollars ($6,037,532.00) plus post-judgment interest at the rate allowable by law, for which let execution issue.”

As previously reported, Jobot’s lender holds a first-priority security interest in all of Jobot’s assets, and this makes immediate collection a challenge. But in the long run, no enterprise can continue indefinitely with this kind of liability hanging over its head.

The Hayes-Jobot saga has lessons for the staffing industry as a whole:

1. Do not assume that noncompetes are not enforceable. In many jurisdictions, they are.
2. Confidentiality and trade secret agreements can serve the same purpose as noncompetes under many circumstances. When client or candidate data is misappropriated and used, the remedies can be the same as or even stronger than in a case involving only noncompete covenants. Witness Staffing Legal News’ reporting on Biopoint’s $7.5 million win, founded upon misappropriation of client and candidate information.

Jobot developed a reputation in the staffing world for building its business on “poached” staffing and recruiting talent from competitors. Jobot even bragged about it on its website, as we reported in 2023 when the lawsuit was first filed:

“At Jobot, we are disrupting the recruiting and staffing space by:

Hiring experienced recruiters who believe in providing the best possible service to their clients and candidates.”

And the industry fought back. There were some industry losses, notably an unsuccessful case brought by industry giant Allegis Group, but now there is Hayes’ spectacular win.

Is a growth strategy based upon hiring competitors’ workers a sustainable strategy? Jobot’s appeal of the judgment is still pending in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. The Eleventh Circuit has scheduled oral arguments for the week of December 14, 2026. A ruling typically follows within months. Hayes will likely await the outcome of the appeal before pulling the trigger on actions that could threaten Jobot’s existence as a company, and SLN will be there to report on the outcome.