Apple Taking Extra Time Off at Thanksgiving in Recognition of Year's Success

[Shrink]

What?
Mr. Jobs leaves us, and Tim Cook is already taking time off?

What baout shutting down the store and giving retail employees paid time off?...not so much, huh.....

What about shutting down the store on the day after Mr. Jobs death for his recognition? not so much, huh

But yuo go ahead and take your vacation Mr. Cook.

Just a tiny bit of trolling here?

"You can bet that Apple is Forcing workers to take time off!!! This is not Choice!!! This is not Open!!! This is the Walled Garden in action.

It is a Crime that these workers get time off with pay!!! What ever happened to Free!!!
Choice, Open, and Free. These are ideals to live by."

How the h8ters will spin this.

HUH!!??

Is it just me, or is this an extremely strange post? (Even for MR )

You're pissed off because these folks get PAID time off??

I'm pissed because I'm sooo jealous.

 

[JHankwitz]

When I read this, it was hard not to think about the contracted workers in China who work up to 15 hours a day and then retire to a room with 3 other bunkmates. I'm not saying Apple is singularly at fault or even wanting to open that conversation people find so uncomfortable. I just thought when I read this e-mail what I would have felt reading were I one of those workers in China who actually make these products.

They live by the rules set by the companies they work for. I read about how much paid time off workers in France and other countries get, and I'm jealous. If it were that big a problem for me, I would move to one of those countries to work.

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What heck?? Would Steve Job allow this? If no, then must be good reason. He give employee free product like amazing iPhone but never allow people to be soft and lazy. Cook learned nothing from the great Steve. .

Getting 3 days off with pay is being soft and lazy? iChrist obviously doesn't have a job or put in extra hours each day without pay.

 

[sparks9]

So is this a sign of Apple post-Jobs? No more working hard?

 

[bbeagle]

Steve wasn't a family man.... it was all work work work... well. maybe after the his health was put on risk he began to be more familiar and all but when he was great and felling as a champion he didn't care about his family at all...

What Steve Jobs are you talking about the real Steve Jobs who was a very private family man, or the Steve Jobs who you would love him to have been so you can pick on him?

Steve Jobs was not a family man until he had a family (~15 years ago), and then he became a very devoted father.

 

[TMay]

Just a tiny bit of trolling here?



HUH!!??

Is it just me, or is this an extremely strange post? (Even for MR )

You're pissed off because these folks get PAID time off??

I'm pissed because I'm sooo jealous.

I didn't think that something as over the top as this needed a snark tag...

I'm touched that it was good enough to almost fool you.

 

[iChrist]

I find it amusing that there's many people who are highly critical of this move, yet their opinions and views clearly indicate that they are not a part of the professional workforce.

PTO is common, and Apple is still considered quite stingy in this regard. Compared to many European countries, US companies give far less vacation. The amount of PTO != a change in productivity. Anyone who has a job knows this to be true... it's just a nice gesture that helps to mitigate stress and anecdotally improves performance, however regardless of the time off given, the performance standards aren't likely to change.

All of the comments on work ethic are really quite priceless... how many of you are actually employed in a corporate environment? One has to question...

I see you are very confused. Look at correlation between country with a lot of time off and their GDP growth rate. It is ok if is hard for you to understand.

 

[mrgraff]

That's their Intranet, where they have internal announcements, support, employee directory, etc... Every relevant company has one.

I for one, would love a chance to see what their Intranet looks like. I imagine it blows away the clunky-but-gets-the-job-done-sorta version that everybody else uses. There's probably some very clever features in AppleWeb that I could consider using at my work.

 

[scott911]

wife : so... nice day at work honey?

apple guy : yeah... great day at apple...

wife: what are you working on, iPhone 7?

apple guy: we've been through his - you know I'd have to kill you.

wife: how about I kill you? - I know from mac rumors that you all had the day off. Where were you!

 

[ObsidianIce]

this isn't new, nor the first time that we've been given this. No clue why vacation time is a front page rumor....

 

[iChrist]

What Steve Jobs are you talking about the real Steve Jobs who was a very private family man, or the Steve Jobs who you would love him to have been so you can pick on him?

Steve Jobs was not a family man until he had a family (~15 years ago), and then he became a very devoted father.

False. His children do not even work for Apple which is his real baby. How can child not share in something so important to father if they have good relations. Is nonsense.

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[nylonsteel]

re original article

i wish the company i worked for were as generous as aapl

in the same breath though - i already have my own paid vacation setup as the same days as aapl

i thought mr cook was also going to say the time was also for thanks and reflection of mr jobs leadership at aapl

 

[bbeagle]

False. His children do not even work for Apple which is his real baby. How can child not share in something so important to father if they have good relations. Is nonsense.

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His children are CHILDREN - underage!!! There are child work laws in America!

Geez!

 

[ken94538]

They got to the top of the game with Jobs doing things his way. You don't become the best by sitting on your @$$.

Cook wouldn't exist in his present form if not for Jobs.

Have more time to Enjoy his Gaay right.

 

[AltimateJP]

Hey there, Mr. CEO: Tired of all the boo-hooing over Steve Jobs? Employees not giving you the respect you deserve because you're not Steve? I know just what you should do: Give 'em a week off! Then watch them bow down to their new supreme leader.

"Can't buy me lo-ove!"

 

[iChrist]

His children are CHILDREN - underage!!! There are child work laws in America!

Geez!

Jobs has a daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs (born 1978), from his relationship with Bay Area painter Chrisann Brennan. For two years, she raised their daughter on welfare while Jobs denied paternity by claiming he was sterile; he later acknowledged Lisa as his daughter.

His son is also graduated. Nothing with Apple. Poor relations. But Jobs still know how to run company, not Cook. Sorry.

 

[barkomatic]

Steve Jobs is screaming from his grave--"Get Back To Work!!". If this continues, he will arise as zombie Steve and eat the brains of Tim Cook.

Seriously though, more companies should do this. I think Mr. Cook has a handle on the company.

 

[JAQ]

Wow, I'd hate to work for some of the people who commented above me. This is a strategic and smart move by Tim Cook. And it always helps the morale and motivation to reward your employees. Kudos to team Apple.

It's a smart move, but it could've been smarter. Giving corporate employees a week off with pay at the same time that hourly retail employees are the busiest and working the hardest they will be all year (other than big product launch days) is kind of poor timing.

 

[TMay]

I see you are very confused. Look at correlation between country with a lot of time off and their GDP growth rate. It is ok if is hard for you to understand.

Correlation is not causation.

More likely the countries that have sustained growth have stable economic and industrial policy as well as ceilings on CEO pay, universal health care, unions, and progressive tax policies.

Or, it could be as likely that some of those same countries are now requiring debt relief.

All I can state is that it is likely in this economy that the worker is losing that crappy benefits that they came to rely on.

 

[hpver]

Good move

Very smart move. Wish I worked for a company like this. It will increase employee loyalty and morale, and thus productivity. And it's well deserved. Good all around.

 

[JAQ]

I for one, would love a chance to see what their Intranet looks like. I imagine it blows away the clunky-but-gets-the-job-done-sorta version that everybody else uses. There's probably some very clever features in AppleWeb that I could consider using at my work.

It's nothing particularly special about it, just the usual assortment of internal mail, news feed, online reference material, training videos, employee online store, etc.

 

[allmIne]

somebody needs a sarcasm detector. they sell them at ebay.........

Oh dear god, the irony. The irony!

Can't understand people criticising the company for giving employees a paid holiday. Would you not take one? If not you're just weird. There's no two ways about that.

 

[RalfTheDog]

I hope I can work for a company like Apple someday.

I hope my company is as big as Apple someday. Not that I will ever take it public.
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Good for them, but how is this relevant for the rest of us who are not Apple employees?

A bit of time off should make Apple more productive. This will give customers better products and stock holders more money.

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The most successful companies expect the best from their workers. They also give the best. You can't perform at 100% capacity every day for 12 hours per day without a bit of downtime.

Recognizing and rewarding the hard work of those on your payroll is always a good thing. This is the smart management I have grown to expect from Apple.

 

[joudbren]

Classy move by Tim Cook in my opinion. And no I don't work with or for Apple. Cheers!

James

 

[Shrink]

Have more time to Enjoy his Gaay right.

Lovely.

So nice to see homophobia is a thing of the past.

 

[Slurpy2k8]

I hope my company is as big as Apple someday. Not that I will ever take it public.
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Don't hold your breath.