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Apple is firing on all cylinders. What is hard to appreciate is just how fast they are growing even though they are already such a big company. Can you imagine

Apple is firing on all cylinders. What is hard to appreciate is just how fast they are growing even though they are already such a big company. Can you imagine Microsoft/IBM/Oracle growing profit 125% in a year company wide when they are already as big as they are now? Most companies that get this big can't keep growing at this kind of rate. Yet, they still have a lot of room to grow in different markets - TV, PC, Mobile, Advertising, (other?) Incredibly impressive.

Geee 15y ago
Well, IBM isn't on markets that grow. Smartphones are obviously really hot right now, even the 'losing' players are growing. By leading the growing markets they can cut the biggest slice of the pie.
- MaxGabriel 15y ago
  Yeah, but you could say the same thing about Apple if it had stuck to making only Macs. Also, Apple is to a great degree responsible for making some of the markets in hot. Thus the comparison is still valid
pbreit 15y ago
What totally blew me away was revenue moving from $15.7b to $28.6b. This is a company that was near death 15 years ago and is now within a hair of being the most valuable company in the world.
omouse 15y ago
did their employees all get a pay raise? are the manufacturing workers adequately compensated?
- billmcneale 15y ago
  Apple hasn't been in the top 100 companies to work for in the past five years (probably goes back further), so... no. Several friends of mine confirm this: they're not treated very well nor recognized, they work 70 hours a week, but they love it. Obviously, it's not for everyone, you need to love the company to work there.
  - czhiddy 15y ago
    From what I've read, Apple has never participated in those "top workplace" surveys, so saying they've never made the top 100 is a useless statement at best. glassdoor.com satisfaction surveys place them somewhere between Intel and Google, but a lot of the reviews come from retail employees. I'd be curious to see what the average score is for corporate employees.
    - danssig 15y ago
      >Apple has never participated in those "top workplace" surveys Which is sensible IMO. I worked at Walmart in IT at the time that they scored quite highly on one of those things. I couldn't name a single person who loved or even liked their job. Everyone I knew was there because they didn't feel they had a choice. I've never looked at one those surveys since then.
    - billmcneale 15y ago
      > From what I've read, Apple has never participated in those "top workplace" surveys Ask yourself why.
  - Tyrannosaurs 15y ago
    I think it's a good example of technologists wanting to be involved in great projects and products that end up getting used and making a difference. I doubt anyone there is badly paid but that's not the reason they work there - they do so because they know that most other places would struggle to give them work they could be as proud of.
  - omouse 15y ago
    Yeah, that's called Stockholm Syndrome... ;p

Geee 15y ago

Well, IBM isn't on markets that grow. Smartphones are obviously really hot right now, even the 'losing' players are growing. By leading the growing markets they can cut the biggest slice of the pie.

MaxGabriel 15y ago
Yeah, but you could say the same thing about Apple if it had stuck to making only Macs. Also, Apple is to a great degree responsible for making some of the markets in hot. Thus the comparison is still valid

pbreit 15y ago

What totally blew me away was revenue moving from $15.7b to $28.6b. This is a company that was near death 15 years ago and is now within a hair of being the most valuable company in the world.

omouse 15y ago

did their employees all get a pay raise? are the manufacturing workers adequately compensated?

billmcneale 15y ago
Apple hasn't been in the top 100 companies to work for in the past five years (probably goes back further), so... no. Several friends of mine confirm this: they're not treated very well nor recognized, they work 70 hours a week, but they love it. Obviously, it's not for everyone, you need to love the company to work there.
- czhiddy 15y ago
  From what I've read, Apple has never participated in those "top workplace" surveys, so saying they've never made the top 100 is a useless statement at best. glassdoor.com satisfaction surveys place them somewhere between Intel and Google, but a lot of the reviews come from retail employees. I'd be curious to see what the average score is for corporate employees.
  - danssig 15y ago
    >Apple has never participated in those "top workplace" surveys Which is sensible IMO. I worked at Walmart in IT at the time that they scored quite highly on one of those things. I couldn't name a single person who loved or even liked their job. Everyone I knew was there because they didn't feel they had a choice. I've never looked at one those surveys since then.
  - billmcneale 15y ago
    > From what I've read, Apple has never participated in those "top workplace" surveys Ask yourself why.
- Tyrannosaurs 15y ago
  I think it's a good example of technologists wanting to be involved in great projects and products that end up getting used and making a difference. I doubt anyone there is badly paid but that's not the reason they work there - they do so because they know that most other places would struggle to give them work they could be as proud of.
- omouse 15y ago
  Yeah, that's called Stockholm Syndrome... ;p