So Phil's the only App Store reviewer they have... this explains so much
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Apple's Phil Schiller Works 80 Hours a Week Overseeing App Store
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Yes, he's very wealthy. And yes, working those hours is his choice, something he apparently likes to do.
"There's no martyrdom going on here."
Yup. He's low key, and chooses to stay out of the limelight.
That so many people here are criticizing him is bizarre.
He isn't asking anyone to feel sorry for him.
He's a salaried executive. No overtime pay.
Phil is doing what Phil wants to do. Why are You imposing what you believe is right for YOU?
It's Phil's choice. Try not to worry about what OTHER PEOPLE like to do.
Apple isn't suffering with 1 billion happy and repeat customers buying apple products year after year after year.
It's clearly his baby, of course he's going to defend it. This situation simply is not ideal, though. They need to stop treating software like a top-40 song sale.
Everyone has a price for just about everything. If I were making a 7 or 8 figure salary I would probably bite the bullet and suffer for a year or two and live modestly during that time (which shouldn't be hard if 80-100 hours of my week are going solely to work and nothing else) and then leave that job to go and do literally anything else or better yet, nothing at all, while I milk my millions I earned. With that amount of scratch we're talking early retirement of about 20-25 years compared to most others' retirement age and still enjoying many of the finer things for the rest of my life.
And if I weren't making that kind of extreme income that was directly proportionate to my extreme labor, then why do it at all? Sans a handful of exceptions that are so overwhelmingly personally rewarding that money doesn't matter. I'm talking noble but often underpaid professions like certain healthcare roles, police/fire/military, etc.
My bad. It was 90 hours a week
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Not ideal for you. It's what Phil wants to do. What's good or bad for you, shouldn't be projected on others.
What in the world is he doing for 80 hours? He certainly isn't getting rid of the scam apps.
Treating software like a top-40 single isn't working out so well for anyone, maybe not even Apple. It's a completely different product than a music track, but they never bothered to upgrade their old iTunes Music Store infrastructure to properly support software products.
As a result of how the App Store is being run, consumers are forced into subscriptions that don't offer much value, or micro-transactions or fake in-app currency, in order for developers to keep a roof over their heads. It doesn't have to be like this, but Apple needs to listen to developers and finally implement paid software upgrades on the App Store.
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And who are you to be judging what Phil does? Or who Apple listens to.
The good news is you have choices. Simply pick another phone/computer manufacturer who acceeds to your demands. And find happiness.
Will you do it?
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What constitutes "work" among C-suits would be vacations for real workers. Most folks look down on fastfood workers. I once did, but not anymore. I tried my hand at "flipping burgers" long ago. Called it quits after half a day. I worked on a farm over the summer during my teenage years. I shovelled 💩, picked crops, collected eggs, fed livestocks. That stuff carries more weight as work than polishing a chair with my (_!_) as an accountant.
80 hours a week on the phone or answering email or smoozing with other C-suit or hosting clients at a 5 star restaurant on the company's dime and so on. Sign me up for that kind of "work".
80 hours a week on the phone or answering email or smoozing with other C-suit or hosting clients at a 5 star restaurant on the company's dime and so on. Sign me up for that kind of "work".
epithimy of so much things broken (USA work culture, lack of trust and über control freakism)...
It’s pretty common in some white collar jobs. I used to do it.
Although I didn’t really perceive it as exhausting at all - mostly because everything was taken care of by company. Good food got delivered, clothes dry cleaned, taxi for commute, HR making all travel arrangements, no chores at home because you don’t really mess things up while working.
You lose weekday sparetime but that is often quite low value (watching tv, commuting, cooking, chores), which was replaced by stimulating work. Still got all the sleep I needed and limited stress.
Just saying, working a lot can be really smooth. Although it can quickly go haywire with stress and complications.
These days I have kids, different priorities and work ~35 hours per week. Probably more exhausting though
That might explain his weird decisions and bad judgement. People need rest, breaks, and a life. This isn't healthy and it sets a bad example for the rest of the people on his team which downstream could result in the incredibly inconsistent enforcement and other baffling problems with the app store
And it feels like the App Store team has been making almost nothing but serious mistakes lately. Their handling of the EU situation alone is a huge embarrassment to the company that has actually tarnished their brand with devs and regular people in a way that isn't easy to achieve
And it feels like the App Store team has been making almost nothing but serious mistakes lately. Their handling of the EU situation alone is a huge embarrassment to the company that has actually tarnished their brand with devs and regular people in a way that isn't easy to achieve
That is stupid hours to work for any employee and you can't be giving your best, fatigue doesn't care what pay you are on. Split his salary and employee some people to assist him.
good for you Phil. You are hardly unique in working long hrs. Want a pat on the back?
He wasn't asking for one. Nor did he say he worked 80 hours a week. That was an observation by others.
Apparently taking a swing at Apple is getting passé. Now it's going after employees who work hard.
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Good point ! People who are always saying l’m working a lot like 80/week aren’t anyway those who really work the most. Especially those kind of managers, who likely consider they are working as soon they are awake ‘because they immediately check their phone or think about their next meeting, even if it is as early as 8am!
I have zoom meetings at 6am here with Europe and I’m checking how things are going in my lab or on different processings running on remote servers until 10pm omg this is 16h/day!