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Apple Job Offer 'Unboxing' Pictures Posted
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Boy have they upped the package!
One rule of thumb I always use is the more formal and well arranged the job offer, the more they know how to fleece you. There is a long list of people that turned down working at Apple for the better of their career. I'm one of them.
One rule of thumb I always use is the more formal and well arranged the job offer, the more they know how to fleece you. There is a long list of people that turned down working at Apple for the better of their career. I'm one of them.
THANK YOU, THERE'S YOUR SIGN!
But geez, now I feel dorky for even responding! LOL
oh well, i guess that's why we're all here, we're all easily amused by this drivel.
Cool. OP thanks for sharing.
That's true. Sometimes the little things make a big difference.
Best thing I hear from my gf's friend about working for Apple is telling it to other people. The actual employee culture is very restrictive..
I think this packaging stuff is mainly for sales and apple store folks.
I got a job offer from Apple (big corporate Apple not retail) a while back and there was none of this kind of stuff. They had a very unusual interview process that was long winded and drawn out and conducted in numerous places over a looooong period of time. My actual offer was just a manilla envelope with the usual documents. I will say that they where very slick and proffessional and really had their dialogue and proceedure down.
I got a job offer from Apple (big corporate Apple not retail) a while back and there was none of this kind of stuff. They had a very unusual interview process that was long winded and drawn out and conducted in numerous places over a looooong period of time. My actual offer was just a manilla envelope with the usual documents. I will say that they where very slick and proffessional and really had their dialogue and proceedure down.
This makes sense to me. Make the retail folks feel important, let the Cupertino folks be important.
I wonder if Apple places as much "emphasis on design aesthetics" for a rejection letter?
Something just says yes...
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So I guess some of you didn't actually read the guy's actual blog post...
He did take the job and it wasn't an offer for "retail." He is the founder of Twisted, which is an event-driven networking engine written in Python that Apple has been using in their Darwin Calendar server. So they [Apple] figured they might as well hire the guy (and he get's to work from home in New York.)
I remember posting the exact same pictures on my blog last year. Guess I should have submitted it to MacRumors at the time.
Nice job offer. It's a pity he probably won't be working for them for long.
(This seems an incredibly retarded thing to do considering Apple's reputation for secrecy IMO, I know it's not exactly an NDA'd product but I doubt they'll appreciate it!)
(This seems an incredibly retarded thing to do considering Apple's reputation for secrecy IMO, I know it's not exactly an NDA'd product but I doubt they'll appreciate it!)
I wonder if Apple places as much "emphasis on design aesthetics" for a rejection letter?
LOL... that was the best reply yet
I was thinking the same thing. If they forbid their retail employees to go online and post in apple related forums then why would be pleased to see this?
Why? Again, if you had read, Apple is using his technology for their product, so I'm pretty sure he is safe...
See the post above you. *shrug* just a theory. Maybe they'll give him some slack if they need his tech.
Anyway, another possible design for a rejection letter:
Anyway, another possible design for a rejection letter:
No offense but, not a very good theory. All he did was show a folder with an Apple logo and the inside that said "The Offer" and in a parody of the traditional unboxing photos, proceeded to describe the "iOffer" package as if it was a piece of tech itself. Clearly, no NDA violation occurred.
Now go clean your room...
Um, do you not realise it's all a joke? Not the job, of course, but the silly unboxing? And all that gsuhing nonsense about the "perfectly intuitive" tabs in the file which are like the tabs in Safari (rather than the other way round...). Sorry to be so pedantic, but MR folk can get rather intense sometimes and miss out on a good(ish) joke at all our expense.
I agree. When I was working there they sent us to the home office. It was a great training. Bibb road... never will forget that building. Very cool place.