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Tim Cook Faced an 'Insurrection' Following Announcement of Bob Mansfield's Retirement
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I think I could be swayed to stay on
For 2 mill a month a think I could be convinced to put off fly fishing in Montana for a few more months/years! Jeesh!
For 2 mill a month a think I could be convinced to put off fly fishing in Montana for a few more months/years! Jeesh!
Don't believe it
There are only three people who would know details of compensation and none of them would be the pissed off workers. Cook, Mansfield and the CFO are only ones who would know his compensation. This is a ******** story to short the stock right before it takes off next month
There are only three people who would know details of compensation and none of them would be the pissed off workers. Cook, Mansfield and the CFO are only ones who would know his compensation. This is a ******** story to short the stock right before it takes off next month
Good for Manfield.
But to Cook personally I believe the best products is only by when your employee was not paid this much. Look before and look at microsoft, then look at your iPhone5.
But to Cook personally I believe the best products is only by when your employee was not paid this much. Look before and look at microsoft, then look at your iPhone5.
700 was the last support level above 600 you will ever see for APPL. Actually it never was support was you know what I mean. But I like what dmarcoot said above Let's hope you're right.
Let's hope you're right.
For 2 mill a month a think I could be convinced to put off fly fishing in Montana for a few more months/years! Jeesh!
Yeah, but that's only because for normal people that's an unbelievable amount of money. When you're already a member of the millionaire or even billionaire club, the question rather is how many steaks can you eat and is that extra income worth your time.
Personally, I find people who know when to cash out and enjoy their life more inspiring than people who work until they drop dead and never had a life beside their work. But I'm not American, I'm European. Maybe that explains it.
It does.
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You're a shareholder? Don't like this? Vote out the board that put Tim Cook into the CEO position, and vote in some people who will replace him with somebody who is happy to let his top talent walk out the door. When the stock plummets, you'll get what you deserve.
Thankfully, the majority of shareholders are quite pleased with how Apple is managing their money and talent. That's why your shares are worth more now than in the recent past, you know.
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False.
You are so so wrong here. Release Diablo 2 was just as good as release Diablo 3. And both games slowly improved through patches till they shone. D2 shone by the expansion and D3 is well of the way.
There was no loss of faith in Blizzard cause of Diablo 3. Actually on the contrary. People know Blizzard are willing to put the effort into the post release patches. And this matters.
So Diablo is a bad example use. Does not really relate to the topic of Mansfield we are talking about here.
That's simply not true. There is loss of faith in Blizzard because of the wowificaiton of a dark gothic game to appeal to a larger market base, introduction of the RMA the only reason it was include it was money driven. Everything in this game is money driven thanks to Sir Bobby Kotick.
It doesn't relate to Mansfield because it's a sidenote, I already mentioned that. And if you read the original post fully, it was a look into the future of both these companies, Blizzard Activision and Apple. If you need a primer on Mr Kotick and his philisophies I recommend reading this link
Add to that the Superbowl ads they pulled under dubious circumstances, and of course the Apple Store employees they "mistakenly" fired and rehired. Every time, it seemed like some people high up in the company were acting without Cook's knowledge, and when he found out he reverted the decisions.
My impression is that Apple is lacking a strong leadership and a lot of people are doing what they want, resulting in a lot of blunders. Maybe it's even a power struggle. This kind of stuff was tightly kept inside the company under Jobs. Cook has been in charge for more than a year now, and he still keeps making the same mistake.
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Mansfield didn't suddenly leave the company, this was a planned transition that was f*cked up pretty badly. A clear upper management blunder. This maneuver also publicly underminded Riccio's authority. I expect that he'll leave the company and someone else will have to take the job.
Using Atlas Shrugged as source material for anything is just nuts.
True, fiction is not fact
But the history of russia and china is more illustrative
Of what?? Did you notice where your Idevice is made?? or TV, Toaster
Most of your car? Don't see your point.
So is your point that the United States is not in the top five on any of those lists?
Forgive me. How does the money Mansfield will receive make other people happy?And the money is making them happy
Your comment kinda contradicts itself there...
Has ANYbody read the title of this ****ing thread?
You disagree with me and I disagree with you. That is the only fact we agree on. The RMAH is in D3 we think as a way to test if it can be used instead of a monthly sub to project Titan and as a revenue source to D3 as no one would accept a monthly sub to D3. I know your post was a look into the future of both companies. I agree with your outlook on Apple but disagree with your outlook on Blizzard. But that is cool everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
I love that guy (Mansfield).
I just read for the first time that he WON'T retire and rejoiced!
Just the thought of seeing him no more on the product videos made me sad haha.
He's so calm, balanced and passionate about what Apple delivers.
(no homo)
Glassed Silver:mac
I just read for the first time that he WON'T retire and rejoiced!
Just the thought of seeing him no more on the product videos made me sad haha.
He's so calm, balanced and passionate about what Apple delivers.
(no homo
)Glassed Silver:mac
I like to report an error in the article.
"In response, Cook approached Mansfield and offered him an exorbitant package of cash and stock worth around $2 million a month to stay on at Apple as an adviser"
I'm reading "$2 million a month" which, obviously, can't be right.
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The official Apple Store in Amsterdam the Netherlands are looking for new employees to sell iMac's and Apple Watches. Amsterdam is also a nice, very liberal, city to live in.
"In response, Cook approached Mansfield and offered him an exorbitant package of cash and stock worth around $2 million a month to stay on at Apple as an adviser"
I'm reading "$2 million a month" which, obviously, can't be right.
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I want to work with Apple too
The official Apple Store in Amsterdam the Netherlands are looking for new employees to sell iMac's and Apple Watches. Amsterdam is also a nice, very liberal, city to live in.
Seemingly, talented management within Apple is hard to find and I agree, that's a huge salary. So it's pretty clear that Apple has money to burn and yet I remain baffled as to why it takes so long to update their product line. Up until now, I figured they bit off more than they could chew with the spaceship campus, and that's why they were dragging their feet.