Apple's Phil Schiller Works 80 Hours a Week Overseeing App Store

Oh yeah 80 hours a week. What’s Apple trying to impress us here? And given their usual secrecy, do they count all the hours Phil Schiller awake as working regardless of what he is doing? Yeah we don’t know. 🤷
exmophie said:
Can't help but wonder who in Apple Investor Relations sponsored an advertorial in The Wall Street Journal to assuage investors that Apple leadership will never kneel to governments or developers and the stocks will just go upwards forever. 🤔
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Despite unlimited growth was, is, and will forever be a hoax with finite resources. Those shareholders should’ve know any company can’t grow forever. But greed, yeah, fear of losing dividends and greed.
 
MacTwick said:
"in 2020 to take a step back from Apple and spend more time on personal projects and friends, he is reportedly working close to 80 hours a week."

How many hours was he working before ?!
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JippaLippa said:
Probably 81!
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The key is that he works on tasks in Parallel, so working on two subjects at the same time for 8 hours is actually 16 hours. In my estimate he can work on 5 subjects at a time, which would equal 5*8hrs per day*7 days/week = 280 hours per week.
 
jaw04005 said:
There are a lot of people that work 80 hours a week—nurses, doctors, small business owners, lawyers, engineers, etc.
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You know in some of those professions there is a huge number of people who either have, or end up with health crisis. Taking drugs, taking risks... falling asleep on the job. Just hope that one of those people isn't operating on you...

It's why more and more businesses are becoming strict on working hours... and gaps between shifts. One accident and not only is someone's, or peoples, life in danger... but you have the law come down on you. That could end a career or business.
 
jz0309 said:
ok, feel about him however suits you ... for a person in that position and compensation, he should be working 80hr weeks ...
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He's doing it wrong. I do about a 20 hour week and most of that is napping on zoom calls, occasionally coming up with something insightful or ****-posting on Macrumors. I haven't been in the office for half a decade either.
 
Shirasaki said:
Oh yeah 80 hours a week. What’s Apple trying to impress us here? And given their usual secrecy, do they count all the hours Phil Schiller awake as working regardless of what he is doing? Yeah we don’t know. 🤷

Despite unlimited growth was, is, and will forever be a hoax with finite resources. Those shareholders should’ve know any company can’t grow forever. But greed, yeah, fear of losing dividends and greed.
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This has to be the same kind of "creative calculating" where they say that the dollar value of what Phil does for Apple equates to what most others in his kind of position would add in value if they worked 80 hours per week.

Something abstract and out of touch like that.
 
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ApplesAreSweet&Sour said:
This has to be the same kind of "creative calculating" where they say that the dollar value of what Phil does for Apple equates to what most other's in his kind of position would add in value if they worked 80 hours per week.

Something abstract and out of touch like that.
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His family must love him ...
 
So basically, he's underpaid at probably something like $20000/hour rather than his true value if he worked 40 hours a week at $40000/hour?
 
ric22 said:
Tim Cook shouldn't let any of his staff work more than 50 hours. It's on him to make sure they don't feel obliged to work hours that are inhumane, and should actively forbid it.
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How can so many posters fail to read and comprehend a simple article? He did retire, He's not running the department, He works those hours because he wants to. Those that say no one should work that long, should be thankful there are, because they support your fluffy lifestyle. Not to mention save your life. Medical and trauma employees would love only 80 hours.

Yes lots of people work that much and more in worse conditions. This article isn't about them. Write one and submit it if you care that much about whataboutism.
 
Oh, how shameful, a multi-hundred millionaire has to work for his paycheck? Oh....let me play the small violin....

NOT!!!!

He could've easily retired and spent his days resting and relaxing, but he decided to stay on the job, so yeah, let him work, it's part of his job description.
 
"works 80 hours a week"

But what does that work entail? I'd argue that Schiller's definition of "work" is very different than the work literally any person posting on this forum does. Hint: it's mainly breakfast, lunch, and dinner meetings with other rich people.
 
Someyoungguy said:
Yeah. When I saw this the only thought that occurred to me was that he must be a terrible manager, or otherwise terrible at his job. It may comfort other investors but it shakes this one
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A bizarre take. Working long hours doesn’t make you bad at your job. Many top businesspeople work many hours because they’re involved in so much, and because they feel personally invested in the work, as opposed to bitter wage workers who think work is a simple burden until they can live their ”real life” after they clock out. It’s not a bad thing to believe in your work, believe in the quality of your work, and not resent your work. If more people would choose to be less cynical about their work, they might be happier, even if they have to put in long hours. This is not to say that some people don’t work in truly miserable jobs, but in modern societies….many people are just cynical and bitter despite the modern comforts and conveniences they enjoy as a result of their work. Many people lack perspective.
 
i used to work 2-3 DAYS STRAIGHT OR THE ENTIRE WEEK NONE STOP while in the oil field, plus driving 2-3 Hrs distanceto get to work.

Define work, Phil.
 
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