I worked for Apple from 2008-2010 and always got free stuff. Clothes, pens, backpacks, iPods and new MacBook Pro every year.
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Apple Employees to Receive 50% Off HomePod
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I worked for Apple from 2008-2010 and always got free stuff. Clothes, pens, backpacks, iPods and new MacBook Pro every year.
I had that problem when I worked at Barnes & Noble.
Let alone the *fact* that if you wish true Stereo-separation you would need to buy two of them!
Mine's on order; I'll likely buy a second one when Airplay2 comes out.
I’m sure the employee is saving some dough.
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Only allowed to buy 1 at that price
Yup. My buddies Apple have told me they track serial numbers to Apple accounts.
Whether that’s true or not, even my friends won’t abuse that.
I asked a friend about this.
He listed the restrictions.
I guess they can’t even do an employee to employee transfer.
This is not true. You can buy an unlocked iPhone for 25% off with the employee discount. Source: I worked there. They also gave them for free when the iPhone first came out. Try again, sir.
A friend of mine worked for Apple at the time. They gave him the first iPhone for free.
Nope, they want Apple employees to talk about how great the product is. They want blogs, MacRumors comments, marketing, etc. that they don't have to pay for. Probably 50% still covers the manufacturing cost.
Or perhaps it’s to get the device out there and word of mouth will propel it. Think about it. I work in the cell industry and it’s always great to have the latest with the accessories you sell at the store on the phone. People like to see that.
https://qz.com/1121880/the-technica...t-listen-into-your-private-conversations/amp/
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A microphone in your ear?
AirPods
Yep, another lie by Tim Cook and Apple. Despite not even having it in their stores for another week, and limiting the roll out to just three countries, they are obviously already desperate. This is clearly a last ditch "Hail Mary" pass from the marketing folks before Apple goes under. It couldn't possibly be, as the article points out, that they did the same thing with the Apple Watch (that other disaster of a product) so their employees can better assist customers and get a discount.
You've got Apple all figured out-- Mark Gurman watch out.
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Exactly.
The paranoia in some of the comments I read is off the charts.
I think Apple could probably double their annual revenue if they sold rolls of heavy duty tinfoil.
It’s a fact you need two speakers for stereo separation? You don’t say....
The entitled comments on here are laughable. “Desperate” (yeah, they are desparate to move a few tens of thousands of units... their employee base is nothing compared to the broader market).... “Stuff used to be free for employees” (they don’t have to do anything. They just have to give a paycheck. Stuff like this is just nice for them).
I can appreciate all the above, and know (in addition to rewarding sometimes) how challenging dealing with the public can be at times. If all the above is true, and I have no reason to doubt you, Apple employees are fortunate cause many others in the service industry put up with similar working conditions without the generous employer-provided perks.
Kudos to Apple for recognizing their front-line employees' day-to-day challenges.
Find it odd that people bash products that they are not in the market for. You don’t value high quality sound at this cost? You don’t use Apple Music? Ok...nobody is forcing you to buy it. Product releases aren’t personal attacks on you as a consumer.
If Siri wasn’t a POS, maybe. But it is and better sound quality can be had for a lower price point as well as cross platform compatibility.
Here's to hoping whatever Apple is doing allows them to continue doing what they do.
And here's to everyone that believes Apple should be doing something different and they put in the work to get to be a deceision maker at Apple to make the changes they personally believe can make it a better company for all of the customers and employees.
And here's to everyone that believes Apple should be doing something different and they put in the work to get to be a deceision maker at Apple to make the changes they personally believe can make it a better company for all of the customers and employees.
Yeah, exactly. IF they are doing this. Unfortunately there's no way to know if it's true.