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Apple Employees to Receive 50% Off HomePod
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Do you work there or what? Because tons of stuff is still given out. It's not as free-for-all anymore, but in almost all cases, you pretty much get devices you work on, and in some cases you can get more than one. I know some people who have way too many phones or iPads.
Treating employees like trash is also subjective. It's clear you wouldn't work there anymore, but I can also name many other companies that have far worse working environments.
Absolutely agree, just like the Apple Watch when they gave 50% off to employees. Clearly a product that was destined to fail, nobody is buying the watch now!!! Come on dude, Apple will sell maybe 10,000 of there to employees, that’s small potatoes to a company like apple. They make literally 1000 times more off of “subscriptions” like Apple Music and iCloud storage and their cut from apps than they will from selling these at a discount to employees.
I will agree they should give them to employees for free considering what they did with the first iPhone.
...or obviously they have enough confidence in the quality of the product that they expect employees to sing its praises to customers.
That idea is prima facia rubbish.
Would never been announced at wwdc nor come to production if this had been close to true.
I believe it to be a BS product on many levels. But to those who purchase it, enjoy if it’s worth it to you.
It’s standard for any new product with apple. By new I mean first if their kind. If they didn’t think it would sell, they wouldn’t release it
Looks like the threads on Apple earnings have pretty much run their course, so it’s time to move on to a new thread to bash.
No rest for the wicked, I see.
No rest for the wicked, I see.
Oh. I do remember the free iPhone thing. Having worked at and been an apple fanboy / press member since 1999, the free iPhone thing is the only time I've seen that happen. Even when the iPod Shuffle came out, Apple employees had to wear them but weren't given them.There's been the F&F and employee discounts for years and are very limited (3 computers per year). Apple has always been pretty stingy in that regards. Free iPhone was truly a one time thing.
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Selling their employee discount a termination offense.If there is an Apple employee that is not planning on purchasing one, I would be interested and would throw in a little extra for your troublesJust let me know
This isn't anything new. Employees also get 50% off Apple Watches. You're all reading too much into this. Apple wants its employees using their own products. It makes them better customer service reps/technicians/developers if they live with those products day to day.
i hear those kind of discounts are really rare. apparently the last time they got a 50% off was when the first watch came out.
the regular discounts are like 1 computer, iPad, iPhone, apple tv, apple watch and similar for 20% and up to 3 more of each for 10%
Behind closed doors?
So far this year all e,ployees got a nice stock awarded and 50% off a HomePod. Maybe a part time job is in order,
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You mean you wouldn’t risk your job $50? Lol
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Very cost effective.
Say 100 people buy it at their normal discount. You make a $100 and have 100 people talking and learning.
You take a hit on the $ side and put it in the hands of 200 people.
The learning curve is steeper and knowledge sharing is faster and more ideas surface and get implemented faster.
Not only that but you doubled the user base, more people will try HomeKit and more likely to subscribe to Apple Music and so on.
Not to mention employees being offered perk like this make them happier.
Can I get my second one at that price? Really can't wait to hear mine next Friday. A Sonos buddy is coming over with some wine to hear it. Can't argue with that.
Apple certainly has a long history of laser-like focus designing products they don't think will sell well.
This is probably the price point they should have started with for everyone. At this point it doesn’t matter to me. I’m passing on the HomePod. But I’m sure there will be people more than willing to over pay for this. To each their own. I don’t get the fighting over this. If you don’t want it. Don’t buy it. But people on here going back and forth over this, makes me laugh.
Google's home max is cheaper maybe?
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They never do. They did not think Apple Watch would sell well, they didn't think EarPod would sell well, obviously they still don't think iPhone X is selling well and there is a great reason for that. Main reason is because, as some people have mentioned in here (and I have to say, that's quite a cleaver found) Apple products are very expensive and no one is willing to hand them the cash. Apple always find it on a hard way. Look at them where they are now......... doomed as some may say.
On the site note, I just love it when people here would desperately try to convert any positivity into a negativity. Very very typical here.
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