No they hire the worst, if you are a supplier etc... Apple used his personality and temperament so save themselves millions. You can bet he said and acted much worse in meetings, but that's OK because $$$.
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You don't get to be in senior management at a huge tech company unless you are a major *******. I have no doubt the entire management team is largely unpleasant to work with, though they may be a different flavor. The only reason this guy was fired was because he embarrassed the company, not because of his personality. They don't care.
Isn't that what Apple is close to being anyways?
He's C-level. If he joked about bringing back CASM, or putting ads on iPhones, I'm guessing the Apple community wouldn't just laugh it off. As for movies, let's say if he quoted a line from a movie about tracking and spying on people.
Well, that's a quick way to torpedo yourself in the face. What a buffoon.
This guy should be giving TED talks on how to screw up your life….
How do you know what he was thinking or thinks? Pure conjecture on your part. From that conjecture we could make assumptions about you as well???
Or get fat pay out check after making mountains of money when you are bored with your current job.
Get woke and go broke.
I think it's weird that he chose "fondle" lol. he should've said "and sleep with" instead. still would've gotten let go, but I think the commenters here would be a bit more forgiving... maybe.
I’m not an easily offended person and I don’t care what he said.
That said people saying “he quoted a movie” surely realise a lot of movies were made with jokes that aren’t acceptable by todays standards. If I get that job and someone shoved a camera in my face I’m not saying that, whether I think it’s funny or not
That said people saying “he quoted a movie” surely realise a lot of movies were made with jokes that aren’t acceptable by todays standards. If I get that job and someone shoved a camera in my face I’m not saying that, whether I think it’s funny or not
Too many have forgotten about the suicide nets at Foxconn.
Honestly, I never saw the Arthur movie he referenced, but in that light - yeah, I get it's just a joke. Maybe one that didn't go over so well, especially with all the people like myself who didn't catch the reference?
But when you work for a high profile company that's so worried about virtue-signaling already? You have to realize public comments like this mean you're about to lose your job. It sounds like this guy was a good price negotiator so I'm sure he'll be just fine and get hired on quickly at another company. They *all* like having people on board who can negotiate deals that clearly save them money.
Why is everyone hating on this guy? He's the main reason we get to pay a great price for our apple devices
My guess is most people have no idea it is a movie quote, I am not familiar with it. Second being that high up I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't have some moral clause in his employment contract.
SJWs and snowflakes out in full force today.
That’s apparently the kind of joke a staggering number of people somehow find “presidential.”
He’ll be fine. If history is any indicator, he’ll likely parlay this into something even more lucrative. It’s a weird world.
He’ll be fine. If history is any indicator, he’ll likely parlay this into something even more lucrative. It’s a weird world.
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A movie that Apple is currently selling on Apple TV, no less.
The actual quote is in the movie trailer. The trailer that autoplays on Apple TV. Geez.
It seems he got caught between the Moon and New York City.
This. I didn't know it was a movie quote (unsurprising, since Arthur came out almost a decade before I was born). I don't know that he should lose his job over making a bad joke, but as a C-suite exec for a company as big as Apple he should probably have known better.