Ofc bc with 7 years of experience on the subject of vision nad glasses, after quiting Apple he should start a new career with McDonalds
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Apple Accuses Former Employee of Stealing Vision Pro Secrets
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"Lock him up" for stealing VR scuba mask "secrets"?
Feels like a touch of an overreaction.
It's a guess at numerical data, of course it's wrong, and I didn't say I'm right I'm just saying there's no facts to support your argument.So? What does that mean, that it's all wrong and you are right?
It's a guess estimated on actual data. If the available data puts Apple at 1.7 years turnover on average, how much better could it get with Apple's own turnover data? What are you even on about buddy? Apple is losing talent, people want to get there, but don't want to stay there after they find out what's really expected of them and at what cost.
Your own "tons of people get hired at Apple" should give you a clue as to why Apple hires a ton of people in the first place
this is a civil matter, your confusing it with state charge, this individual will only face any prison time if the state goes after them.
This must be the reason why the Vision Pro is not selling well.
Yeah, but if you're going to compare Apple and Google &c retention rates, you need be consistent in what data you actually compare, which would exclude retail.
Ranked: Worst Companies for Employee Retention (U.S. and UK)
Top tech giants such as Apple, Amazon, and Meta lead the list of companies with the worst employee retention in the U.S.www.visualcapitalist.com
And what, are retail employees some dirt? Are you nitpicking now?...
Given his morals and stupidity I wouldn't call him talented. Apparently you do?What I'd like to know is why he moved over to a different company
Typically I'd side with the employee on these "can't work for our competitor" cases. But lying about the reason for leaving and downloading a huge data dump during your two weeks is a pretty big indicator that Apple is right here...
Liu informed Apple that he was leaving his position to focus on his bank account and spend more time with his bank account.What I'd like to know is why he moved over to a different company
It's in every companies employment contract, if you actually read the story, Apple has a protocol also.
Claims? The company owns the work you do for them, that's literally what they are paying you to for.
If he were doing side work for himself, he wouldn't have had to steal it from Apple's servers.
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No question about it.
Anyone suggesting "lock him up", however, is going totally overboard.
(wasn't you)
however, as we all know, just because something is in a contract doesn't make it legal.
contracts can say anything they want, but that doesn't make everything it says legally binding.
He committed felony theft and I bet the value of the data stolen would constitute first-degree felony theft.
Whether or not he gets locked up depends on how good his lawyer is, but I predict apple is going to bear their full legal weight against him as they should.
If true, wonder why anyone would want to steal secrets on Apple's worst product in years!
I don't know about California, but in some jurisdictions anything in a employment contract that contradicts local labour laws is basically unenforceable
he is not facing any criminal charges, you can't sue someone in to prison!
Yeah, okay? And? What are you trying to say. That Apple has 3+ years retention? 5? 1.5? What are you saying? Apple's employee turnover is very high, no matter what data you look into. Even 2-3 years is a lot less than ideal. People used to make 20-30 years long carriers at certain companies, and a burnt out employee who silent-quits the last 2 years of employment indicates what? It indicates Apple is a bad employer. Working for Apple is hell and you're forced to pretend you enjoy it, otherwise you're either pushed out or fired on a PIP. Even with a big, big, huge blind eye to the stats we do have, even 2 year rate is very little for a company for which "everyone wants to work".
Idiot. Just take pictures of the documents on your personal phone, don't save them to a company computer. Especially when you work for a damn tech company. How can you be smart enough to work at Apple, yet so damn stupid at the same time?