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Now imagine if McDonald's or Walmart got these same earnings. A large contingent would be calling for Tim Cook's head for earning billions while Apple's lowest
by aapl8888 11y ago
Now imagine if McDonald's or Walmart got these same earnings. A large contingent would be calling for Tim Cook's head for earning billions while Apple's lowest earning American workers who assemble their computers earn "poverty" wages, even lower than Walmart's own minimum wage of $10 per hour. I do find it befuddling how some companies are given a pass but others aren't.
- rco8786 11y agoThere's a huge contingent of people doing exactly this.
- aapl8888 11y agoNot exactly, especially when compared to the angry voices directed at Walmart or McDonald's. I implore you to count the number of news stories admonishing Walmart or McDonald's wages and the number of protests against their wages. Then compare it to what Apple gets.
- rco8786 11y agoI'm certainly not going to put much effort into proving you wrong when the impetus is on you to support your own point... but google searches for "apple poor working conditions" yields over 9mm results while "walmart poor working conditions" yields only 350k.
- whyenot 11y agoWhat do "Apple's lowest earning American workers" make? edit: About $25k a year, with benefits according to the NY Times[1]. That would be about $13 an hour, although the NYT also quotes an employee making $11.25 an hour. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/business/apple-store-workers-loyal-but-short-on-pay.html?_r=2&hp&pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/business/apple-store-worke...