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Tim Cook Says Apple Hiring Very Deliberately Amid Economic Uncertainty

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In an interview with CBS Mornings co-host Nate Burleson, Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that his company is taking a careful approach to hiring amid a period of increased economic uncertainty. The full interview will air on Tuesday, but a preview is available now.

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"So what we're doing as a consequence of being in this period is we're being very deliberate on our hiring," said Cook, when asked about Apple's hiring plans. "That means we're continuing to hire, but not everywhere in the company are we hiring." Cook added that Apple continues to believe strongly in investing for the long term.

Last month, Apple paused hiring for many non-R&D roles as a cost-cutting move, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The report said the move affects some "corporate functions" and "standard hardware and software engineering roles."

Cook also discussed Apple's return-to-office policy. As of September, corporate employees are required to work in the office three days a week.


"We make product, and you have to hold product," said Cook. "So that takes the serendipity of running into people, and bouncing ideas off, and caring enough to advance your idea through somebody else because you know that'll make it a bigger idea," he added.

CBS Mornings said the full interview will touch on the iPhone 14's new features and more.

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It just makes sense in current times and I’m sure they’ll go back to hiring more when the economy stabilizes. Better than hiring irresponsibly and having mass layoffs that pull the rug from under workers’ feet, especially during times of uncertainty. They already were strict with hiring, you already have to be an outstanding mind to work there. I’m sure that if such an outstanding individual knocked on their door they wouldn’t reject them, despite hiring being paused.
As someone who works in tech, you just have to live and breathe technology to be fit for it - otherwise staying creative and up to date with everything will feel like a burden. They tend to love what they do over there so I don’t think it’ll reflect in product quality.
 
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"So what we're doing as a consequence of being in this period is we're being very deliberate on our hiring," said Cook, when asked about Apple's hiring plans.
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This comment makes no sense to me. As a former business owner I was always deliberate in my hiring of employees regardless of the macro economic climate. To be otherwise would be fiscally reckless. Then again I never had billions with which to bankroll rash and reckless hiring.
 
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mrochester said:
Not sure how that helps the economy!
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It can definitely help with running the operations at Apple. Fewer amount layoffs and new talent teams will be implemented thus introducing ground-breaking features (which will boost the economy) & it seems like it's the right thing to do to seek talent.
 
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contacos said:
So before they just hired people because …. They could?
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It's more like in the past when the economy is booming and times are good, you hire more people to quickly staff up to meet more certain future needs. Especially in a very competitive labor environment. That was the situation in the past for Silicon Valley tech.

We haven't yet returned to that; thus hiring is more measured.
 
TheYayAreaLiving 🎗 said:
It can definitely help with running the operations at Apple. Fewer amount layoffs and new talent teams will be implemented thus introducing ground-breaking features (which will boost the economy) & it seems like it's the right thing to do to seek talent.
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Does hiring more staff result in ground-breaking features? I’ve never heard of that correlation before!
 
Looks like tomorrows interview will be about existing products, maybe the new if you get lost feature.
 
needsomecoffee said:
Is there a backstory to the "praying hands" emphasis Tim uses so, so often ??
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No. It's just something people latch onto here about TC because they don't have anything to say about the story. Same thing about how he dresses, how he looks, his age, and on and on.
 
The wfh argument should be team/department based not broad based. It’s unfortunate that corporations still can’t let control go of their employees.
 
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