Lol. Really, Apple? At least give them a gift card.
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Apple Gifts Employees With T-Shirt and Printed Credo for the Holidays
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apple isn't rolling in the cash thanks to their employees.. they're rolling in cash due to the execs and a small handful of employees..
the people who are apple employees could just as likely be starbucks employees.. and like apple, starbucks isn't rolling in the cash due to these people.
i'm not trying to discount or downtalk the importance of a solid workforce.. just trying to put some perspective on it regarding "the company is rolling in cash thanks to their employees".
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it's a gift... gifts don't have to be hundreds or thousands of dollars to be sincere or appreciated.
if you're expecting a bigger present or a cash sum from a company at xmas then i'm pretty sure you should either A) move way up in the chain / play a more important role.. B) don't work for apple retail (or any retail for that matter).
idk, i'm kinda under the impression that the people claiming 'apple is out of touch' regarding this are ,in fact, out-of-touch themselves
So, the execs are not employees.
The company exists because ALL of the employees, not just because of a few execs.
Where I work we get a bonus if we make a decent profit, ALL people get exactly the same, whether you are the director or working on the work floor.
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What you just described, in so many words and probably took you hours of preparation, is what capitalism is all about. This does not only concern apple.
So keep bashing apple and stay ignorant.
Apple's obsession with making things thinner reached the Christmas bonus.
No. Capitalism is about making products that customers will want and buy vs. other economic systems where customers can't afford nice products or have few choices because the state-only or state condoned manufacturer system reduces the need to innovate and compete.
Apple has always charged sky-high prices for its products, but it also use to product products that enticed you to pay such a price. That really isn't true anymore. I still buy mostly Apple but I don't upgrade like I use to because the innovation even between multiple generations is minimal. During the Jobs II era I upgraded regularly. I just sold my 4 year old MBP for the new one just because I'd never had a 4 year old Mac before and wanted to sell before it lost all value, not because the new MBP is fantastic. It's OK.
Some of the Apple bashing here is knee-jerk. But a lot of it comes from Apple fans like me who are sorely disappointed about this directionless, money-grabbing focused Apple. Everything in Apple's "new" creed is sampled from old Jobs era ads. But it's empty words -- that's why it had to be put to paper or they'd forget.
Apple should consider a minimum credential level in their decisions - which would clean up the atmosphere
Nope. No more techie the way we understood in the past.
This site will be sold to / taken over by Apple one day when the MR owners discover that "the Mac" will be EOL'd and superseded by the AR-iWear Pro on iOS 13. A wearable, port-less, wireless charging, triple authentication (iris, fingerprint & voice), self-updating set of goggles projecting a virtual full-vision-circle HUD. Taking input from brainwaves, eye-movement, voice and hand gestures.
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Just kidding, it won't be Apple obsoleting the Mac but some other company.
1984-2021 RIP Mac.
Apple has become the ultimate representation of capitalism and pure American corporate greed. When did this company sell its soul and DNA?
What horrible, meaningless gifts for underpaid staff!
Infinity symbol uncrossed? Crosshairs? Time Portal? cheap Dartboard alternative ?
Talking about Apple 2016 employees in here, not Kodak or Blackberry. That's the sad part
If the yearly gift costs less than the yearly toilet paper budget per employee, the gift is worth s***.
As a school teacher, I know what a great end of year work present looks like.
This shirt I would expect from a student who does not like me and is only giving it as his/her parents are making them do so.
It would be taken in good grace, taken home and put in the garage as a good rag that would be used when changing the oil in the car.
This shirt I would expect from a student who does not like me and is only giving it as his/her parents are making them do so.
It would be taken in good grace, taken home and put in the garage as a good rag that would be used when changing the oil in the car.
This is cult ****... It's actually pretty disturbing...
A totally boring grey t-shirt and a white piece of paper with corporate credo. Holy ****.
If they gave nothing to the employees it would be better than that.
I wish Cook was given that instead of all his bonuses and stocks.
If they gave nothing to the employees it would be better than that.
I wish Cook was given that instead of all his bonuses and stocks.
Its the equivalent of getting socks for a present, the kind of gift with no thought
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No they wouldn't
If they could, they'd made it so obese-proof that 115k people would fit in it.
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