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I had mark@apple.com during my time there, accidentally got added to one of the exec’s threads from Tim and felt pretty silly (and didn’t read anything in that thread, couldn’t delete it fast enough, had to email Tim to explain)
There are a lot of stories like this where people accidentally get emails and then not read them. Why wouldn't you read the email?
I wonder what kind of email flooding this was like in 1991. 1/day? 1/week?
This post is particularly funny to me as well as I also had a very common name@apple.com email and I would often get sensitive emails, including travel info, sent to me - despite the fact that I had worked there longer than most peers. I eventually grew so annoyed with it that I ended up surrendering the email to said person as it was a losing battle.
A colleague had an email when they started that was very similar to an SVP. When they highlighted the confusion, it got fixed promptly .
That is one of the most beautifully crafted “I did something dumb” emails — and to a CEO no less. I wish all my emails were so clear, direct, and personable.
: Edit : The OP has history until recently - My message is off base and in the wrong context. Apologies. I feel like I'm in crazy town... Hi - I'm new here. I did something dumb and set up a mail alias so that steve@next.com would go to me. This was a bad idea, I'm sorry. I've changed it to steve@next.com goes to you, not to me. I think that makes more sense. My apologies. Signed, new guy. This was > That is one of t…
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I had mark@apple.com during my time there, accidentally got added to one of the exec’s threads from Tim and felt pretty silly (and didn’t read anything in that thread, couldn’t delete it fast enough, had to email Tim to explain)
There are a lot of stories like this where people accidentally get emails and then not read them. Why wouldn't you read the email?
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Yup exactly. I got my retention bonus and 2 months pay and all that stuff without agreeing to anything, and they offered a little bit more to agree not to disparage them. I'm pretty chatty so decided it wasn't worth it ;)
2000 is a pretty low amount. presumably theyd have to spend way more than that to enforce it, so they would NOT spend it, in which case its free money that you shouldnt have turned down because it was way too small for a gag order
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Whenever I find someone at my company who has worked there over 30 years it's usually because of company doesn't pay enough to retire.
I suspect unless you have a gambling problem, that "34 years at Apple/Next" would be enough to retire on.