Apple reduces raises given to retail employees after weak iPhone quarter
(appleinsider.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2023 06:00
https://lemmy.world/post/5509563
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2023 06:00
https://lemmy.world/post/5509563
Apple reduces raises given to retail employees after weak iPhone quarter::The smartphone market and general economy have slowed down post-pandemic, and Apple is reacting with a lower raise for employees in 2023 versus 2022.
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They added a new button. Who are you calling visionless?
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Josh (from Drake and Josh): “I ain’t calling you visionfull!”
Don’t forget the new™ never before seen port!
Yeah, they’re punishing the people that have the least influence on this outcome. And as you said, the people that are responsible for only doing incremental improvements on the product are already paid more as a baseline and probably got a bigger raise too.
Have you tried being less expendable?
Two years ago, they were “essential”, and the idea of them getting any kind of benefit to prevent harm was unthinkable. Shafted at both ends of the spectrum.
Having an essential role doesn’t mean you aren’t easily replaced outside of extenuating circumstances.
My dude, essential is an antonym for expendable. Literally opposites. By definitions of both words, something cannot by both expendable and essential. But logic aside, calling a person essential to the point of denying their own safety to perform their job, but saying they can be replaced at any minute is frankly cruel.
You can call it cruel, it doesn’t change the reality that there are plenty of jobs that are important but easily replaceable.
Yes, it’s important to have groceries available. No it’s not hard to find anyone to stand at a register or stock all day. Put another way, your role is essential. You are not.
I think Apple gave extra high raises last year due to elevated inflation. It’s lower this year because they’ve reverted to “normal” sized percentage increases.
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Last year the raises were abnormally high because Apple was trying to adjust for high inflation. This year, they’re just back to normal increases. The article makes it sound like this is some kind of pay cut, but it’s actually just that the raises aren’t abnormally high like they were last year. Seems like the article is trying to create some clickbait.
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This is my understanding from reading tech social media. Tim Cook also took a 40% pay cut earlier this year. But, people on here would rather be mad about something.
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He’s running quite literally one of the biggest companies in the world. People who are able to do that deserve top dollar. 1447 times is really not that crazy given his relative economic impact
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Executives will get higher than inflation bonuses year on year and employees suffer because of the executives raises and lack of innovation.
The richest company on the Earth everyone.
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I love how the title is that they’re lowering raises after a bad quarter, but then say that they’re going back to their normal raise structure they have always had and that 2022 was a higher than normal raise year because they raised the minimum wage by 10% on top of higher raises due to higher inflation.
They didn’t lower the minimum raise retail employees can get, they just lowered the maximum raise they could.
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The other important part here is that inflation is lower this year than last. So the extra high raises last year may have helped keep up but aren’t needed as much.
As far as I can tell there’s no direct relationship between iPhone sales and the change in raises. If anything I’d expect low sales to lead to layoffs or closing stores.
The joke is that inflation raised way more than 10%
My company laid people off, froze everyone’s pay, announced _no raises or promotions this year _, and ceased all hiring and business travel.
Fuck, I would have loved a 10% raise.
Leave.
I’ve been trying for months. The hiring market is terrible right now. Very few jobs and many many laid off folks vying for them.
My only point: don’t shit on a 10% raise.
Of course the last quarter was weaker, a new iPhone is about to drop, people are waiting for that. Penalising retail employees is harsh given they can’t do much it.
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The most valuable company in history with a market cap of $2.96 TRILLION dollars is screwing their employees to save an otherwise negligible amount of cash? Steve Jobs would be proud.
At least when Jobs was being a tyrant there was proper innovation. Really try and remember the shit they put out at his prime. Shit was timeless. And all still had acceptable pricing relatively speaking.
Yeah but the landscape for technological innovation is much shallower nowadays. Of course innovation was present in an age when home computers and mobile phones were on the rise. Although I do think their VR headset is relatively innovative.
I think Steve Jobs will definitely jump on the AI train and push to make AI as one of Apple’s main focus. As we all know, he’s the one who pushed for the acquisition of the company who made Siri.
I think we’d all be quite shocked if Steve Jobs did that. But Apple might.