The Verge editor secretly joins Apple, doesn't inform the Verge
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The Verge editor secretly joins Apple, doesn't inform the Verge
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Re: The Verge editor secretly joins Apple, doesn't inform the Verge
#2Couldn't he also get his employment terminated at Apple? Because I'm pretty sure any company wouldn't let you work with the media whilst working with them under a standard NDA.
Re: The Verge editor secretly joins Apple, doesn't inform the Verge
#3There is something fishy in this whole story.
- You wouldn't risk your new position by not quitting your old one.
- Apple would not want you to keep your old job since they want your focus on your new position.
- Getting double salaries is not worth the paperwork headache of tricking the system.
The only reason I can think of is, he would get some sort of extra pay from his old job if he would fulfil a time written on his old contract.
Re: The Verge editor secretly joins Apple, doesn't inform the Verge
#4Here's hoping somebody locates him, interviews him, and reports back with the full story.
Re: The Verge editor secretly joins Apple, doesn't inform the Verge
#5There is something fishy in this whole story. - You wouldn't risk your new position by not quitting your old one. - Apple would not want you to keep your old job since they want your focus on your new position. - Getting double salaries is not worth the paperwork headache of tricking the system. The only reason I can think of is, he would get some sort of extra pay from his old job if he would fulfil a time written o…
Pure speculation, but it sounds to me like he may have been working on some kind of undercover exposé on Apple. While I don't see any evidence of this, his actions would make more sense in that light. But if so, it is unclear why nobody at the Verge seems to be in the loop.
Re: The Verge editor secretly joins Apple, doesn't inform the Verge
#6The most hilarious aspect of this story is it took nearly two months before anyone noticed he was gone.
Re: The Verge editor secretly joins Apple, doesn't inform the Verge
#7There is something fishy in this whole story. - You wouldn't risk your new position by not quitting your old one. - Apple would not want you to keep your old job since they want your focus on your new position. - Getting double salaries is not worth the paperwork headache of tricking the system. The only reason I can think of is, he would get some sort of extra pay from his old job if he would fulfil a time written o…
Pure speculation, but it sounds to me like he may have been working on some kind of undercover exposé on Apple. While I don't see any evidence of this, his actions would make more sense in that light. But if so, it is unclear why nobody at the Verge seems to be in the loop.
Maybe he's been infiltrating the Verge secretly working for Apple, and now the mission's done and he's ready to transition to official employment with Apple, he doesn't care what happens to his career at the Verge?
(conspiracy intensifies)
Re: The Verge editor secretly joins Apple, doesn't inform the Verge
#8The most hilarious aspect of this story is it took nearly two months before anyone noticed he was gone.
From the sounds of things, it was roughly a month ("[he] was not in contact with us through most of August and into September.").
That's probably not super crazy for a reasonably senior writer working on "longish" form stuff. While a month is probably a long time, I wouldn't be surprised if a week or two usually passed without touching base. It might take a couple of those "week or two" cycles to notice someone hasn't checked in.
The article also says it wasn't unnoticed, and that they tried to reach him several times in that period.
Re: The Verge editor secretly joins Apple, doesn't inform the Verge
#9How do we know he wasn't working at an Apple Store rather than Corporate? Apparently he wasn't in the corporate directory.
Re: The Verge editor secretly joins Apple, doesn't inform the Verge
#10The most hilarious aspect of this story is it took nearly two months before anyone noticed he was gone.
From the sounds of things, it was roughly a month ("[he] was not in contact with us through most of August and into September."). That's probably not super crazy for a reasonably senior writer working on "longish" form stuff. While a month is probably a long time, I wouldn't be surprised if a week or two usually passed without touching base. It might take a couple of those "week or two" cycles to notice someone hasn'…
Yes, it sounds to me like they noticed almost immediately, and just didn't figure out what was going on until a couple of months later because he didn't tell them what was going on.