Apple Leadership Reshuffle Continues as Company Appoints New Global Head of Stores

[Blackstick]

I always enjoy hearing stories like that. Start as intern, migrate to highest levels. Doesn't happen very often.

At Apple, almost never. Hell, if you’re at Apple retail your best bet is leaving Apple, doing something meaningful in a corporate role, and then returning to Apple corporate with a new skillset.

Apple in Cupertino wasn’t especially interested in my Xcode proficiency when I was a retail Mac Genius. Left and worked on big iOS apps, suddenly their recruiters perked up. Unfortunately Apple doesn’t pay enough to live in the Bay Area comfortably, so I didn’t pursue it. Making $275,000 out there is like making $80k in the Midwest — they also want you in the office 5 days a week when my current job is 100% remote, not willing to give that up. 5 bedrooms with a 3% mortgage where it snows and seeing my kiddos on and off the school bus everyday beats a 2 bedroom condo somewhere in a less than nice part of the valley with an hour+ commute.

 

[titanium69]

What`s he doing wrong? It`s now riskier to update your apple device than swallow a pill you found on a club floor.
Why is it that cheap chingchong branded phones with ancient OSes have less bugs than Apple`s latest and greatest gimmickiest OS? I originally moved to apple for better software... god damn it`s ****... windows and android wipe the floor with apple when it comes to anything software.

 

[ducknalddon]

Having an over crowded retail store sure must be a sign of bad business...

Nobody goes there anymore, it's too busy.

 

[RootBeerMan]

Everyone says that, but it’s not like a once in a generation visionary can just be summoned from the ether. Who would you pick?

Couldn't say, atm. Many, if not most, of the people I have seen at Apple in the current lineup, do not impress me. Maybe the board should look at folks who contributed to Apple's success and innovation in the past. Bring back Ive and the others and take a look. What I know is that Apple has stagnated and Tim's the boss. When was the last time you, or any other Apple fan, were truly excited over a "new" product?

 

[mac9650]

Couldn't say, atm. Many, if not most, of the people I have seen at Apple in the current lineup, do not impress me. Maybe the board should look at folks who contributed to Apple's success and innovation in the past. Bring back Ive and the others and take a look. What I know is that Apple has stagnated and Tim's the boss. When was the last time you, or any other Apple fan, were truly excited over a "new" product?

Certainly the excitement we all had back in 2007 when the first iPhone was released hasn’t been a thing for a long time. Cook is definitely not the visionary Apple needs now to reinvigorate us like it’s 2007 all again, but I’m not sure with Buffets of the world now being the true control of Apple if we will ever see a Jobs like visionary again. After all, America today exist for the shareholder only.

 

[oldwatery]

Replace Tim before Apple truly dies as an innovative tech company.

 

[mickobizzle]

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[DeepIn2U]

Apple is creating a new global head of stores role amid a series of changes to its leadership structure, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.

This is the second significant change in Apple's management in recent times; last week the company moved Siri from AI chief John Giannandrea to Vision Pro leader Mike Rockwell.

Article Link: Apple Leadership Reshuffle Continues as Company Appoints New Global Head of Stores

So when exactly will John Giannandrea GO!?
I feel he's done FAR TOO MUCH DAMAGE and significant cost to Apple as a Google Trojan Horse and to shareholders respectively.

1. NOTHING of significant value came to Apple, nor Siri, since being hired! NOTHING!
- Apple Silicon NPU and its improvements had NOTHING to DO with him! PERIOD.
- He was appointed executive for doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for 6 months! NOTHING! For up to 9 months after being hired STILL NOTHING! Yet at 6mths shareholders, and customers (revenue) paid for his stock options being vested.

The person that needs to go is Tim Apple... at this point we can start calling him Tim Samsung or Tim Android

Although I've always disliked Tim ... he's at LEAST - even marketing the company at just a microscopic view/focus - has done MORE for Apple than John Giannandrea has ever done. He should go before Tim. He's not even in charge of Ai any more so WHY should he even hold the title of Ai Chief or Chief at ALL?

See how SCREWED UP internally Apple has been under Cook? Their old guard is holding back bright young minds from taking Apple MUCH MUCH further! Before NeXT Team was incorporated into Apple ... only Cue and Schiller worked their BUTS OFF aside from Jobs and the early 1000 employees. People EARNED their respect, their ties and stock options and raises. Now you kiss arse to the top.

Even Samsung realized their mess and did some major executive shuffling.

 

[mickobizzle]

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