arstechnica.com— Apple understandably wasn't too happy about shelling out an extra ~$80,000 to employees who already scored free iPhones, so pink iSlips have apparently been issued to the bunch.
Oct 17, 2007View in Crawl 4
When Woz and Jobs first started they had a contract with a company (Atari I think). The agreement was that they would split the money from the contract 50 / 50.Jobs then lied to Woz about how much they contract was worth and kept the extra for himself.That is the type of man some on this site worship.
f**ktards for sure... It is very impressive of Apple to give 600 dollars worth of product to sales associates. s**t when I was in High School I worked at Best Buy.. I got nothing.
I do not understand all the people saying the employee's were greedy. There was a $100 dollar rebate issued for the phone and they obviously qualified. They would be stupid not to apply for it. Greedy? Cm-on. Apple just sucks for doing this.
Ok, now I've checked with a former colleague of mine at Apple, and the story IS bulls**t. The rebate web app doesn't issue credits for any phones with serial numbers that were: 1) issued to employees, 2) reported stolen, or 3) manufactured too late to have been sold before the price drop.Apple's inventory system is pretty high-tech.-jcr
Something the Apple Cult members must understand....When Apple retail had 25 stores, employees were member of the "Cult", as Apple retail grows beyond 200 stores, what makes you think the hiring pool will be thinking any different from those at Best Buy or McDonalds?These folks make under $10 an hour, no more bonuses, no more million dollar club....keep assuming positive intent Steve.. Retail is not as easy as it looks.You may not believe it, but retail SHRINK will have a devastating effect on Apple...give it time
daldredgeOct 18, 2007
When Woz and Jobs first started they had a contract with a company (Atari I think). The agreement was that they would split the money from the contract 50 / 50.Jobs then lied to Woz about how much they contract was worth and kept the extra for himself.That is the type of man some on this site worship.
alexandru25Oct 18, 2007
f**ktards for sure... It is very impressive of Apple to give 600 dollars worth of product to sales associates. s**t when I was in High School I worked at Best Buy.. I got nothing.
john570Oct 18, 2007
I do not understand all the people saying the employee's were greedy. There was a $100 dollar rebate issued for the phone and they obviously qualified. They would be stupid not to apply for it. Greedy? Cm-on. Apple just sucks for doing this.
kryptman40kOct 18, 2007
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW poor corporate america....what will you do if you lose a few grand on your crappy products we don't need? Give me a break.
nsresponderOct 18, 2007
Ok, now I've checked with a former colleague of mine at Apple, and the story IS bulls**t. The rebate web app doesn't issue credits for any phones with serial numbers that were: 1) issued to employees, 2) reported stolen, or 3) manufactured too late to have been sold before the price drop.Apple's inventory system is pretty high-tech.-jcr
hsorloffOct 22, 2007
Something the Apple Cult members must understand....When Apple retail had 25 stores, employees were member of the "Cult", as Apple retail grows beyond 200 stores, what makes you think the hiring pool will be thinking any different from those at Best Buy or McDonalds?These folks make under $10 an hour, no more bonuses, no more million dollar club....keep assuming positive intent Steve.. Retail is not as easy as it looks.You may not believe it, but retail SHRINK will have a devastating effect on Apple...give it time