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Apple avoids job cuts because it didn’t overhire like Google and Amazon

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Re: Apple avoids job cuts because it didn’t overhire like Google and Amazon

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And they failed to hire enough people to bring their AR headset to market which is the other side of the coin.

Steve Jobs and Apple were a fan of small teams…

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/leading-apple-with/9781...

But some people still have this belief that 9 women can make a baby in a month.

Re: Apple avoids job cuts because it didn’t overhire like Google and Amazon

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Why is Apple being compared to Google and Amazon in this context?

Lazy journalism. They're all tech companies and all tech companies have the same business model, of course.

However, being that Apple sales probably shot through the roof, and how popular microchip commodities were in general, I'm sure they had almost more recent hire than Google did.

Re: Apple avoids job cuts because it didn’t overhire like Google and Amazon

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A few days ago we were criticizing Nintendo because it was making too much money per employee and didn't hire enough. Also, we criticize Google for laying people off and Amazon for everything else (overhiring?).

One wonders why Apple gets high praise for "hiring cautiously".

Re: Apple avoids job cuts because it didn’t overhire like Google and Amazon

#14

Why is Apple being compared to Google and Amazon in this context?

Id have the same question why every layoff gets a headline on HN but I guess it's newsworthy when it's a trend.

Otherwise they are pretty similar sized "Big Tech" companies.

Apple: 164,000 employees

Google: 150,000 employees

Amazon: ~800,000 corporate employees (this one was harder to find but the tech/software team is probably similar to above)

Re: Apple avoids job cuts because it didn’t overhire like Google and Amazon

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A few days ago we were criticizing Nintendo because it was making too much money per employee and didn't hire enough. Also, we criticize Google for laying people off and Amazon for everything else (overhiring?). One wonders why Apple gets high praise for "hiring cautiously".

I like Nintendo's approach, and I like Apple's approach as well. I think it shows a lot more respect for employees than "hire as much as possible, then cut deep ASAP if fortunes change"; big firing rounds can be devastating to both the folks who go and the folks who stay.

Re: Apple avoids job cuts because it didn’t overhire like Google and Amazon

#17

A few days ago we were criticizing Nintendo because it was making too much money per employee and didn't hire enough. Also, we criticize Google for laying people off and Amazon for everything else (overhiring?). One wonders why Apple gets high praise for "hiring cautiously".

There are three ways to make more per employee. You can get better at making money. You can have fewer people. You can pay your people less.

So as a metric it's very context-dependant.

Re: Apple avoids job cuts because it didn’t overhire like Google and Amazon

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post #7

And they failed to hire enough people to bring their AR headset to market which is the other side of the coin.

An AR headset that's supposed to do what, exactly?

To help bring the next paradigm in computing interfaces. I don’t understand why people have forgotten all of the sci-fi movies that have been showing what’s possible

Re: Apple avoids job cuts because it didn’t overhire like Google and Amazon

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A few days ago we were criticizing Nintendo because it was making too much money per employee and didn't hire enough. Also, we criticize Google for laying people off and Amazon for everything else (overhiring?). One wonders why Apple gets high praise for "hiring cautiously".

Because there would be praise if they were "firing cautiously."
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