As i said in one of my posts, people look for problems to create a problem from where there is no problem. A very good example of this is 'historic' social media comments dug up by problem wanting journalists/reports so they can create a problem. Politicians, celebrities, sports personalities who made questionable social media posts during their teen years have them brought to the fold where the media exposure forces them to quit or be fired. It is the way today's media behave and sadly the Apple VP is a victim of it.
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Apple Procurement VP Departs Company After Vulgar TikTok Comment
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As i said in one of my posts, people look for problems to create a problem from where there is no problem. A very good example of this is 'historic' social media comments dug up by problem wanting journalists/reports so they can create a problem. Politicians, celebrities, sports personalities who made questionable social media posts during their teen years have them brought to the fold where the media exposure forces them to quit or be fired. It is the way today's media behave and sadly the Apple VP is a victim of it.
It seems sarcasm is nowadays way beyond the normal person’s comprehension.
Never use sarcasm in a public settings. Always assume that the person in front of you has very limited cognitive abilities.
Never use sarcasm in a public settings. Always assume that the person in front of you has very limited cognitive abilities.
Jeez. Relax. It’s a line from a movie. What he did was something called a joke.
The relevant values are typically exemplified in the agreements. So, he likely had a list of what values Apple expected him to adhere to.
No it is 100% cancel culture. As someone else said, Apple sells this movie and the trailer that auto plays on Apple TV, uses the same quote.
The people that work for him should understand that it is a joke. They do not need to have their hands held and if they do not get, use the phone they NEVER put down to look it up. Getting my employees, under 28 to look at me when I am talking to them is a small miracle today.
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The definition of a slow news day. Meanwhile, Apple continues to exploit labor markets in developing nations and plunder rare earth materials in developing nations to offer overpriced gadgets to status-conscious people with too much disposable income.
And what Apple did in response is something called firing.
Now that is a reason to be fired.
That's why I said "a face", because they aren't the official one, but it doesn't matter what your core role or title is if you're at the the VP level of (sometimes) the world's largest company by market cap, you're in the public eye whether you like it or not. It saying that’s a good or a bad thing, it’s just factual.
If you can't get that, joke's on you.
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He sounds like a turd, so I'd guess this was the proverbial "straw" as much as anything else...
Yup, can easily say I’ve never said stuff like that. Most certainly not while being recorded for social media! Think most people can honestly say so.
Yes an executive is held to a different standard than a file clerk.
True because an executive is held to a different standard.
We agree.
You can have your opinion, but Apple feels differently.
An executive is held to a different standard.
Executives are "owned", make no mistake about it. And we are also not privvy to anything else that may have been swept under the rug. Chances are this is not the first time this has happened.
Sadly it seems that Ricky Gervais will never work for Apple.
A het man stated what he finds attractive and what he likes to do as mutually enjoyable foreplay and people got triggered by that. Talking about your sex life is a bit crude - for everyone. Women who work for him will live in fear. Fire the heretic as it doesn't reflect Apple's culture. Bonus they got rid of a non-diverse person and they can replace him with a diverse one.
Did he wear a "career crash" detector embedded Apple Watch ?
Did it trigger ?
Did it trigger ?
He is not actually in the public eye.
Do you have trouble understanding the ‘face’ idiom?
Nobody in the public would recognize he represents Apple. Nobody knows who he was - until this story made it a thing - and he wasnt speaking on his professional capacity.
I really wish this trend of everyone getting offended would stop. We were all taught as kids, sticks and stones. When you let the words of other people bother you, it gives a bully power.
The reality is, people are rarely as offended in real life as it appears. We're living in an environment now where people get paid 6-figures for clicks. It's always a race to post who said what in an attempt to go viral and get paid. We're all suckers for even talking about it, and generating clicks and ultimately ad revenue. Somebody's going to be "offended" by my even not caring about this guy offending others. Where's that shaking my head emoji? ✌️
The reality is, people are rarely as offended in real life as it appears. We're living in an environment now where people get paid 6-figures for clicks. It's always a race to post who said what in an attempt to go viral and get paid. We're all suckers for even talking about it, and generating clicks and ultimately ad revenue. Somebody's going to be "offended" by my even not caring about this guy offending others. Where's that shaking my head emoji? ✌️
Some random purchasing guy can't make a joke, but you get elected to the president of the united states just being a living joke (MAGA)? something seriously wrong in our culture.
When you work for one of these companies, you go through a social media course that basically says, you always represent the company even when not working.
Although the company did its part. It’s Stupid, because now you and every employee feel like they have less freedoms, in their own personal life, just because of the job you have, because the company is SO concerned with its image.
This is a common sentiment, but I fail to understand it. If you're a church member and you saw your pastor out carousing and womanizing--or even just joking about doing so--would you say, "Ah, who cares. He's not at the office/study when he did/said that. He's doing that on his own time." What?!?! No, he's just revealed his true character and proven to be unfit for his role.
While this guy obviously isn't a pastor, it's the same principle. Apple doesn't want openly lewd people in positions of leadership. The people under them can see these things and it can definitely affect their perception of him and cause issues. Who cares if it's a quote from a movie or something original he came up with? It's lewd either way. Leaders need to maintain professionalism and dignity at all times.