These are contractors, not employees. There is no obligation to do anything.
The law would apply just the same regardless of who their employer were, Apple or Apple’s supplier. The obligation just lies with Apple’s supplier, not Apple.
These are contractors, not employees. There is no obligation to do anything.
What if the contractor contracts themselves out directly?The law would apply just the same regardless of who their employer were, Apple or Apple’s supplier. The obligation just lies with Apple’s supplier, not Apple.
They're slowing hiring because interest rates were increased, i.e., no more bond sales that provide billions in free money from the government.Since we are in a recession, this just makes sense.
Only if they were let go from the contractor’s organization. These individuals could just as easily be reassigned to other work. And, generally speaking, there is no expectation of severance for contractors with the contracting company. Regardless, in the US there is no requirement to do it in any case. https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/severancepayThe law would apply just the same regardless of who their employer were, Apple or Apple’s supplier. The obligation just lies with Apple’s supplier, not Apple.
It does. That is why they want people back at work. The ones they let go were the ones who did not sign the agreement to move with the headquarters to Mars.Is it me , or does it look like it’s ready to take off ?
That's why the US unemployment rate is consistently lower than in Germany.Two weeks additional pay? The US is wild sometimes. Even in Mexico you get 3 months+ pay when u get let go. Here in Germany I have a 6 months notice
Personally, I'd request the items at my desk to be crushed into a small cube & spent into space.As opposed to what? Apple just keeping their stuff?
Wait, have the language police said this is OK to say?Since we are in a recession, this just makes sense.
So again, business 101?It is. But it would be something to see if even Apple wasn't (global) recession/inflation proof and their tactic backfired. Once people realise that £200 Android phone "does what they need out of a smartphone" fine they might not come back...
I was wondering if they were in-house, or some external staffing agency. Looks like it's somewhere in between.The 100 recruiters laid off are not full-time Apple employees but only contractors that typically receive less pay and less attractive benefits compared to full-time staff.
They are contractors. Depending on the company they could still be paid while the company is placing them with another company. Now, if they get fired from their contractor, that’s different.Horrible for the people being let go 😢
Does go to show you how spooked Big Tech now is about what's coming though. High inflation. Stalling economies. Chip shortages and the like.
They weren’t even Apple employees.Will this come back to bite them in the ass (or Phil's 😆?) when the expertise at selecting 'Apple' people has been lost, and future recruits are not a great fit for the company?
It will. If the folks that wanted to continue working from home were a significant number of Apple employees, they wouldn’t be asking them to go back to work. Apple has, I think, between 30 and 40 thousand employees in California, most of them likely in Cupertino. MAYBE 5,000, likely less, don’t want to go into an office anymore and they may temporarily let those jobs go with the employee that had them… and pick them back up when they’re hiring again.I wonder if the building will ever be utilized in its intended way.
They have more money than they can spend. Remember Steve didn’t believe in dividends and fought against it year after year.Not how Steve handled recessions. He is quoted as increasing spending so they had "the best stuff" when things got back to normal.
Where did I show “glee”? Our economy is failing and the public can’t afford basics. I couldn’t be more chagrin.Apple has been selling previous, and previous to previous year phones at discounts for ten years now.
There is a really weird glee people have for Apple failing; a company they supposedly like because otherwise why would they haunt a Mac site.