Bloomberg: Apple Loses Two Veteran Operations Executives

[mdriftmeyer]

I never get the appeal of these stories. People leave big companies all the time. And new people get hired. But yet Gurman writes these stories like it’s juicy gossip or super important. If Jeff Williams leaves the company, that’s news. Some mid level manager or VP retiring is not.

They write these nothing burgers to get traffic and thus more ad revenue.

 

[ksgant]

I never get the appeal of these stories. People leave big companies all the time. And new people get hired. But yet Gurman writes these stories like it’s juicy gossip or super important. If Jeff Williams leaves the company, that’s news. Some mid level manager or VP retiring is not.

Gurman is the worst in doing this. He always has to have a “scoop” on something, even innocuous things like this, and then amp up the sensatializm.

 

[Swift]

Gordon Gekko was a scoundrel, and a Wall Street crook. A corporate raider and a bottom feeder. He, or the guys like Milkin on whom the character was based (pardoned now by Uno Who), basically took viable businesses, took them apart, and sold them for parts. They ended up very wealthy on paper. They converted labor plus a viable business to Wall Street junk bonds. Was Gekko really the equivalent of termites, turning defunct businesses into sawdust? Many of the junk bond millionaires and billionaires were just scavengers. Some built funds which ended up later investing in our digital future. It was part of the reason why we lost manufacturing, unions and good salaries.

Apple runs a business that depends on consumers buying gadgets. Some people think their margins are "too high," so of course, that means they're like Gordon Gekko. Apple pays very good salaries, more than competitive, and they are the highest paid in the retail space. Many don't like Apple, but many do. They are not like Gordon Gekko.
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Is it just me, or if you look at this picture at a certain angle does it look like the facility is some sort of flying saucer hovering above the landscape?

that was in the design.

 

[DownUnderDan]

Why is it that every time I see that photo, I am reminded of the television series V.

 

[Abazigal]

I never get the appeal of these stories. People leave big companies all the time. And new people get hired. But yet Gurman writes these stories like it’s juicy gossip or super important. If Jeff Williams leaves the company, that’s news. Some mid level manager or VP retiring is not.

It’s all part of their effort to paint this narrative that Apple is this toxic hellstew of a workplace who is somehow haemorrhaging talent and falling apart at the seams.

I guess it’s safe to say that’s Gurman’s new KPI now.

 

[CarlJ]

Why is it that every time I see that photo, I am reminded of the television series V.

Not quite the same, but reminiscent.

 

[Solomani]

When does the space ship take off?

When Beldar and fam returns to Planet Earth.

 

[CarlJ]

When Beldar and fam returns to Planet Earth.

I don't know, Remulak is such a nice place.

 

[raghu8912]

Sounds like far too many 'vice-presidents'. OMG! The best way to stay out of touch? Separate yourself from the process. It's impossible to meet with that many VP's, and impossible to stay in touch just from the volume of data that they are likely feeding *someone* at Apple.

So, I imagine there is a layer of Junior Vice-Presidents that each handle a number of those VP's, and then Senior Vice-Presidents that handle a number of Junior VP's, and then what between them, and Cook? It sounds like he doesn't want to hear about the goings on in the bowels of the company.

Disagree all you want, but how would Tim Cook get them all together and have a real meeting about how things are, or aren't, going? How does he pay attention to the myriad details of Apple with 100 different sources. It sounds like he's too far removed from what Apple is doing. Is he driving through the rear window?

I had a client that had a CEO that never showed up at the company. Ever. Managers did the day to day, and some hid things to keep their jobs. They went bankrupt. There was no follow through and continuity in their corporate goals. And the CEO had a mid-six figure salary. Tim Cook makes a hell of a lot of money. And he manages a slew of vice-presidents? Boeing has a huge problem, and I've read that the recently pushed out president installed layers of 'management' that potentially contributed to the widespread issues Boeing has encountered lately. It's not just the 737MAX. The missteps range across everything they make.

Whatever...

VP doesn't report to CEO in all companies, every company has different ORG structure.

 

[unplugme71]

whoa - interesting to hear approx. 100 vp's at aapl - thats a lot

Meanwhile 1 for the entire US country.

 

[krfr]

And?