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No, to some degree it is Apple. No doubt any larger corporation has its share of worse offenders. But some of the toxicity that exists within Apple is specific
by exBarrelSpoiler 5y ago
No, to some degree it is Apple. No doubt any larger corporation has its share of worse offenders. But some of the toxicity that exists within Apple is specific to its DNA. The secrecy, siloing across departments and teams, obsession towards not just customer satisfaction but ironclad schedules, middle managers allowed to act like warlords, maybe even the legacy of Jobs' abusive behavior baked into the corporate DNA- that's all uniquely Apple.
- rcarmo 5y agoI work at Microsoft and am old enough to have long-term friends and acquaintances at Apple, AWS, Facebook, Google, and IBM. The only ones whom I never hear from regarding corporate infighting between teams work at Oracle, and I suspect they keep changing the subject because it’s too traumatic…
- exBarrelSpoiler 5y agoIt’s not merely politics or teams in-fighting. It’s straight up unprofessional, abusive, insulting behavior that goes unchallenged. It’s belittling, bullying, traumatic environments that everyone accepts as is or are completely oblivious to because of an organization-wide code of silence. Mentally damaging.