I Quit: What really goes on at Apple
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I Quit: What really goes on at Apple
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#2That's a lot of words to say Apple is a corporation and acts like many others.
I guess the author expected it to be like an iPod commercial when he started.
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#4That's a lot of words to say Apple is a corporation and acts like many others. I guess the author expected it to be like an iPod commercial when he started.
Not true. Not all corporations are evil dystopian cults playing mind games and wasting everyone's time. It takes tremendous cash to fuel that kind of dysfunction. Most corporations cant afford to go off the rails to that degree.
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#5Oh brother.
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#6That's a lot of words to say Apple is a corporation and acts like many others. I guess the author expected it to be like an iPod commercial when he started.
I've worked at a few corporations and most of them are not they way he described Apple. I've never worked at Apple so what he said is hearsay for me and thus to be taken with some amount of skepticism. But the story as he shared is not at all normal or average in my admittedly biased experience.
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#7Another perfect data point to add to Michael O`Church`s excellent series on the politics and psychology of the modern corporation.
For you starry eyed youngsters, just remember that this is Apple, the world`s most profitable company. It only gets worse as you go down the list.
Work for yourself. Consulting, the trades and any type of work you can do independently is far superior to dealing with wannabe Machiavellians on whose benevolence your paycheck depends.
Get out of the corporate world, and do anything else. The sky is the limit.
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#8Is this for real? Can anyone else corroborate this?
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#9Would like to know which division the departing employee worked in, and how long he stuck it out.
I personally liken companies to a large conglomeration of small organizations - your management chain really matters. Which is why when a respected manager leaves, sometimes his/her team leaves with them (HR flight risk).
I know someone who worked (works?) at Apple - she moved from a difficult arguably acidic environment to one where she feels valued and rewarded.
I can relate similar stories from other companies all over the world.
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#10I work for a small company while my wife works for a large corporation. She makes more than I do, but I work less hours and don't have to deal with the politics.