Apple really are climbing up their own collective backsides.
Well I do contract work and got a fruit basket from a repeat customer that I did not work for at all this year. It was not a mistake and it fits our relationship. It was not much, I appreciated the thought (which was the purpose), but it certainly is better than a tee shirt and a credo. I think this is very telling about the state of Apple these days. The worst part to me is the credo. WTF, is this gesture about the employee or about Apple reprogramming the employee with propaganda.
Oh, wait, I forgot political correctness indicates that we should be happy when we are told to be happy and only protest when we are paid to protest. Sorry, I got off track.
WTF did angela get? LMAO a more highly paid incompetent you'd be hard pressed to find.
Where's the gift? I would be insulted if I worked there. This is obviously to hype their new billion dollar corporate headquarter building. This isn't a gift, its an insult to the tremendously hard working, underpaid people at Apple. Even as a Christmas party, party favor.... from Apple its cheap. Besides, it looks like some weird, spooky, Blair Witch occult symbol. Sorry Apple, big miss on this one. What next, are they going to bottle Jony's farts and put it on a neck dongle? Paleeze...
I'd shorten Apple's credo to something more clear and concise, like:
We build the best personal computers, bar none.
Well that sucks. Hope they get a decent bonus.
Then please do not work in Apple retail, an attitude like that will not get you far in the company. As for being underpaid, that couldn't be more from the truth. When I was in Apple Retail, just starting as a specialist I made a good 20-25% more than other retail locations in that plaza, which was an upscale location paying $3-5 more over the retail standard in my area.
There are literally hundreds of other perks to working in Apple Retail, least of them being a holiday gift. We did have a huge holiday bash, and little expense was spared. We had a blast. And I only got moderately plastered.
A company holiday gift and a (holiday or otherwise) bonus are fairly different and separate things--one doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the other.I always enjoy your posts. This one is spot on. For the other posters that think all the other perks make up for this, they don't realize that if the company can afford all the 'extra' perks, then they should outshine themselves with an outstanding holiday bonus. The t-shirt just reflects the way Apple has become under TC.
Thats nice of you. Do you also give them thousands of dollars a year in stock in the company? How about retirement plans? How about giving them an extra $500 every few years to help buy a computer? Get them a nice discount on their cell phone bill? Pay tuition reimbursement for education? Pay full benefits even for part timers? Health, Dental and Vision? Life insurance? Give 8 weeks paid time off when they have a kid? How about extra paid vacation days every year, "just because"? How about discounts for in home care for sick family members that may be terminally ill? Or even paid days off to help take care of a sick family member? Maybe you buy lunch and food for them during holidays so they don't have to spend their money on lunch? Gym reimbursement so they can stay healthy? Free flu shots? Get the picture...I can keep going. I guarantee working for you is nowhere near as rewarding as working fro Apple Retail.
macrumors is getting worse and worse by the day.. it's like a collection of miserable people who just sit around and whine about a freaking corporation.. all of you all gather at this one spot so it seems like "oh, hey.. everybody feels the same as i do so it's ok".. but reality is, the rest of the world or the rest of the internets aren't even this miserable..
time for me to move on i think.. not much to be gained from hanging around here any more.
Or rather the "brats," as you put it, are tech literate and know Apple's products are not exactly up to standards anymore?MR should consider an age restriction.
It's sad, what used to be a forum for tech literate, is now playground for spoiled "brats".
I know that Tim doesn't read these forums, but he's got to get a reality check.........
Years ago ALL retail employees received bonuses. It was changed to only managers when first phone was released.Steve was known to give cheap ass gifts as well. Cutting free iPods etc was under his watch.
It may have to do with changes in gift laws that make them taxed as income in many states and several companies but yeah it's rather lame.
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Retail has never gotten commissions or bonuses other than maybe managers
Welcome to MacrumorsSo much hate over Apple giving gifts they aren't even obligated to give. Chill out people.