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Apple Retail Stores Seeing Significant Layoffs of Recent Hires?
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The stores are packed beacause there are too many hanger-on sales people.
Make room for the customers!
So why are they complaining about high pricess for Apple products? Surely they can afford to pay a little more
Americans don't?
Source?
How can MacRumors.com report on something like this and not name a single outright source for this report? I think MR is trying to make a mountain out of a molehill to get more readers.
How can MacRumors.com report on something like this and not name a single outright source for this report? I think MR is trying to make a mountain out of a molehill to get more readers.
I think that if we had people like you running a business, that it wouldn't be very profitable.
So, the 40 other people who went to apple.com/storenamehere and booked appointments ahead of time should wait because your friend didn't have the foresight to do the same.
Not to mention, the consideration for those who did. She should just jump to the front of the line because she decided to just drop in to the store?
To everyone pointing out that Apple is a business and layoffs are necessary: obviously this is true, however, Apple is a large company that plans things in great detail. If they envisioned difficulties or problems for retail which entailed they couldn't keep the amount of staff on, then why would they hire people in the first place? Obviously they don't owe anyone a job, but it's a cruel waste of time to basically give people a job, train them up, and let them go so soon. It shows a huge failing on their part. They really do have the luxury of not making these mistakes with all the research and planning that goes into their business. They should have seen this coming.
Did you put quotes around socialism because what you are opposing isn't socialism? It would be more helpful to use the correct word.
This is reallllllly bad. The economy hasn't even hit bottom yet. The market crash of 2008 is nothing compared to what's coming....
I considered applying at an Apple Store few years ago but, thankfully, decided against it. Working for Apple would likely make me hate the company as Apple worship is part of the job description.
I like and enjoy many of their products, but all that cult of Apple/Steve Jobs stuff is creepy and ridiculous. Apple cultists are suckers who have swallowed Apple's (ie Steve Jobs'), admittedly very talented, marketing schtick hook, line and sinker. The result is borderline mental illness.
The foaming-at-the-mouth Apple fanboi vs. Fandroid battles are hilarious. Anybody who gets emotionally attached to a corporate enterprise needs to seriously examine their psychology. Or get laid more often.
Who needs sources these days? It's all about getting traffic to your site, click bait will do that.
Apple retail is basically one big cock tease. They promise jejune upstarts all this stuff, all this opportunity to move up the ranks, but they never deliver on it. In this case the show has been stopped for these people before it begun, but even if they weren't fired they would be promised a whole lot more. The retail stores need to stop promising their employees promotions and all the other ******** they're never going to follow through on. Then they can act how they want.
And that is why they are reducing or laying off people in the UK.
My point is that they can ramp up or down depending on demand...but that person is making a false statement about declining i-devices which just isn't accurate or true.
Apple didn't get to where they are as the #1 company in the world with being idiots about their cash and business.
RE: Reurope...it's a ***** mess. Socialism at it's finest.
Everyone is paid what they are worth.
If their skill is in demand and commands a higher price, they will get more money from their current employer or a new employer.
Should have seen WHAT coming ?
How do you know the layoffs are not regarding something that Apple sees coming in the next months ?
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There probably WAS a 5 year roadmap that got binned probably about a week after Steve'e passing.
I am still hoping the iPhone 5 was signed off by Jobs though.
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Thats what you get for hiring a guy from Dixons. Welcome to a job in retail, circa 1997.
The next new idea will be selling AppleCare for "peace of mind" and giving the Apple Store employee a nice wodge of commission for doing so.
The next new idea will be selling AppleCare for "peace of mind" and giving the Apple Store employee a nice wodge of commission for doing so.
I worked for them for 5 years and this is irresponsible HR work at its finest. If Apple sees something coming in the next months, they would have anticipated it before hiring people. By the way, if something is coming in a few months time to change things greatly, then they can fire people then. This is nothing to do with fears of the economy, it's just a new management team cutting costs and trying to make themselves look good to corporate. They don't have the companies interests at heart, I promise you.