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Apple today announced that Kristin Huguet Quayle has been appointed Apple's new vice president of worldwide corporate communications, with Huguet Quayle replacing former communications VP Stella Low.

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In a statement, Apple said that Huguet Quayle has played an important role at Apple for over 15 years.
Kristin has played an instrumental role sharing Apple's story of incredible innovation and strong values for more than 15 years. With an extraordinary depth of experience and a long track record of principled leadership, Kristin is uniquely suited for her new role overseeing worldwide communications.
Huguet Quayle has been at Apple since 2005 and has been on Apple's communication team. She joined Apple when the company had fewer than 20,000 employees, and was responsible for leading communications during Apple's encryption fight with the FBI.

Prior to joining Apple, Huguet Quayle led PR for Sun Microsystems and worked at Burson Marsteller. Stella Low, who Huguet Quayle is replacing, was with Apple for under a year having been hired in May 2021. Prior to Low's hiring, the PR chief role has been empty since Steve Dowling departed Apple.

Article Link: Apple PR Chief Stella Low Departs After 8 Months, Kristin Huguet Named Successor
 
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It doesn't seem to me that these C-suite outside hires last very long.

I don't think it is an Apple thing. I truly wonder why companies do this.
There are benefits both way. Someone growing up from the inside can be great. They understand the culture, they've already won the respect of others in the organization and know how to work with them. They're pretty much always paid less than outside hires (which is why if you want to get paid significantly more, you have to go to a different company).

But there are benefits to outside hires. They bring a fresh perspective, experience, and ideas not offered within your organization. They aren't institutionalized.

Benefits both ways. Most companies weigh both.
 
It doesn't seem to me that these C-suite outside hires last very long.

I don't think it is an Apple thing. I truly wonder why companies do this.
Indeed, I guess it’s a company culture thing, often times when they have come up within the company they are very connected to the culture and “essence” of the company and ins and outs of the job as they will have often times have worked with the previous people who were in that position to.

Being an outside hire C-suite is very stressful, having to network throughout the company and convince people you are the person for the job and then also learn how to get things done with certain stakeholders as everyone has their way etc… I think the first 2 years in a position like this coming from outside will always be very hard.
 
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Oh noes... A VP level employee left a large Silicon Valley company. As that's never happened before, people go nuts making stuff up as to why that happened. Another bucket of chum dumped in the water.
 
Oh noes... A VP level employee left a large Silicon Valley company. As that's never happened before, people go nuts making stuff up as to why that happened. Another bucket of chum dumped in the water.
Mind blowing really. Somebody departs a company and all of a sudden whatever random people say is probably the clear answer…

Like….

She Probably worked 120 hours a week.

She Probably didn’t like her job.

She Probably didn’t like working for Apple.

She Probably needs more family time.

She was probably so stressed, she hated her job.

She probably didn’t like Tim Cook.


Like you said, people depart companies all the time for other prospects possibly in the future, or something more in nature to what they’re accustomed or maybe a new Project altogether. The list is endless and doesn’t always have a negative outcome like others project.
 
Mind blowing really. Somebody departs a company and all of a sudden whatever random people say is probably the clear answer…

Like….

She Probably worked 120 hours a week.

She Probably didn’t like her job.

She Probably didn’t like working for Apple.

She Probably needs more family time.

She was probably so stressed, she hated her job.

She probably didn’t like Tim Cook.


Like you said, people depart companies all the time for other prospects possibly in the future, or something more in nature to what they’re accustomed or maybe a new Project altogether. The list is endless and doesn’t always have a negative outcome like others project.

Yeah... And it's always a race to the bottom with all the juvenile burns about it being something nefarious with respect to Apple.
 
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