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Apple PR Chief Stella Low Departs After 8 Months, Kristin Huguet Named Successor
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There are some seriously sexist comments on this post. Things you guys would never say if a man was leaving his job. Yikes.
I just have this feeling something is coming up and this could be the reason? Dead horse I know but 8 months is very short for such a large company that does pay very well for this tier of job roles. Unless she's moving or being paid better elsewhere, who knows.
I’m sure she probably signed some type of non-disclosure agreement[NDA], as in these types of cases with departure of employees, rarely do we actually ever know the accurate details of what happened. Partly due to decorum for the company, but there’s policies and procedures in place where she doesn’t talk about the company and vice versa. In all likeliness, that was all part of her binding agreement that she signed a contract when she was employed. That’s pretty standard amongst any major corporation really.
Hopefully, Stella can get her grove back. ?
That’s the problem. In the current backstabbing employment climate, there is no way to know precisely why she left as it is not uncommon for communications teams to euphemistically obscure the real truth behind staffing changes, especially at the VP level.
It's a hell no to that job! I can only imagine the amount of hours she was working per week. I'm sure the money was good, but say goodbye to your personal life. Hopefully, she didn't have any young kids. I'm sure that played her apart in her decision.
Health reasons too. For jobs that are too stressful, no amount nor quality of health insurance will help with that
Reading between the lines, the one who left very-likely did so because she didn't like what Tim Cook was asking her to do !
Specifically, she refused to go along with the planned cover-up !
More specifically, she concluded It's NOT ok for Apple to suppress third-party App Innovation, & she wasn't willing to tank her career for their screw up !
And, I'll bet she had some very heated discussions with Tim Cook about what's right & what's wrong, before resigning !
Off the radar of most, but won't be for very much longer !
Specifically, she refused to go along with the planned cover-up !
More specifically, she concluded It's NOT ok for Apple to suppress third-party App Innovation, & she wasn't willing to tank her career for their screw up !
And, I'll bet she had some very heated discussions with Tim Cook about what's right & what's wrong, before resigning !
Off the radar of most, but won't be for very much longer !
These are not normal times. Why is anyone job-hopping in the "great reshuffle"?
Better offer, I'd say.
It's interesting that 12 hours after Apple's announcement, https://www.apple.com/leadership/ is still showing Stella Low as head of PR.
Yeah, and lying legally. Amazing isn’t it? When parents unilaterally taught their kids to not lying.
Well, let's see what Low had to deal with in the last 8 months. Oh yeah, CSAM stuff, iOS15 debacle, the app stores lawsuits in various countries... Definitely a tough job for VP of communication, but we also saw Apple's lack of communication. Hopefully the veteran replacing her can be better.
I doubt many people confused the two. My objections to the CSAM spying software are not based on confusion, misperception, or ignorance. And frankly, I saw just as many apparent misunderstandings among those who favoured the CSAM spying software as those who opposed it.
Again, the message wasn't botched. The very conception of the CSAM spying software was botched.
Re: shown out the door for CSAM, maybe? But that's not the fault of the PR leadership or team for making a CSAM decision, is it?
What the hell is going on at Apple, must be a lot of scapegoating going on for so many ivory tower executives to be leaving.
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.
In a statement, Apple said that Huguet Quayle has played an important role at Apple for over 15 years.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
My guess it could be like what went on in the recording industry awhile back. To be growing at a exponential rate for many years then due to many factors drop to just normal growth feels like things are bad. No things aren't bad they are just back to normal.
I don’t think Apple wanted that feature but was being strong armed into it. I was surprised they announced it as I’m sure the elements pressuring Apple into we’re not expecting them to do so, but Apples’s lawyers found a way that they could…
Don’t you ever get tired singing the same song over and over for that long?
If I told you my post would be deleted by Mac Rumors for being political. Not trying to dissemble, just saying. You can always google who’s advocating for Apple to drop privacy protection on the iPhone.