With the attitudes people have about compensating upper management vs all other employees it's no mystery why a massive percentage of the American workforce has vanished over the past year. Decades of being underpaid along with current stresses finally broke the camel's back and pushed people into early retirement. Doesn't matter that the entire sector is up just like APPL–must be magic Timmy that's responsible for the market cap not the 150,000 other employees!
What if I told you there are more companies than what's on the chart... Trend is very obvious. Meanwhile nobody has demonstrated that anything that Cook has personally done actually directly caused the market trend, or even just and more importantly that his individual contributions were greater than other employees at Apple.
The article indicted other comparable companies, so it’s likely safe to assume other ‘big tech’ corp that would be in the same category. (i.-e-Google…).
As a shareholder I've gotten a *lot* more than 30% from my investment.. over the years I've held apple stock (since around 2005 or so) the value has increased by almost 30x (2700%)
Apple stock price doesn't always follow the typical indices. And, imo, if Cook fell on his face the stock price would reflect that. Cook isn't a one man show, building a great team is part of what he needs to do. And that's part of what he gets paid for and the commensurate bonuses reflect that.
Clearly, based on many of the opinions here, that profit was really only made possible by many thousands of Apple employees - apparently you should return the Porsche and send your earnings to them . . .
Well there have been sentiments that if Mr. Cook left Apple today, the company's overall comportment would actually increase. For me, I don't believe that.
The job description of a race car driver is to drive fast. Obviously, a driver who wins races gets a BONUS over those who don't. Right?
That would depend on how you define upward. Value? Yes. Innovation? No. Unless, of course, you think the products Tim has released match the products that Jobs released. But for your sake, I sure hope that isn't the case lol.
Well, at this late stage in his career/age, I think it’s obvious he won’t be CEO for that much longer. I’d wager probably three years or less in his tenure with Apple. But no worries, he’ll finish successful as a significant figure who put Apple into record highs when he was doubted year-after-year.
