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The C-Suite includes the SVP Retail, and I trust that she could manage the basics of running a store. Tim himself has take occasional shifts in stores, as far a
by microtherion 5y ago
The C-Suite includes the SVP Retail, and I trust that she could manage the basics of running a store. Tim himself has take occasional shifts in stores, as far as I know, and the technical SVPs should have the skills to staff the genius jobs — Craig Federighi definitely also would have the interpersonal skills.
As for your second paragraph, keep in mind that there was a string of highly qualified CEOs who tried and failed to run Apple when it was a far smaller company — Sculley, Spindler, and Amelio were no dummies.
- threatofrain 5y agoAlso I don't understand the instinct to make these kinds of comparisons. Apple also offers food to its employees. Can Tim Cook cook? It's such a stupid question. We don't expect that any employee can jump into any role anywhere.
- henryfjordan 5y agoYou are so close to seeing the point. Tim Cook can't make and sell iPhones by himself. The C-Suite can't do it by themselves. Management can't do it. The designers can't do it. It's not until you consider the whole team, including store employees and assembly line workers that Apple can produce iPhones. It takes the WHOLE team. Why is 1 member of a team of people who all have to work together to achieve their shared goal paid 1400x more than average? Does that seem fair?
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- microtherion 5y agoFirst of all, the 1400x is a miscalculation, because it attributes a sum to be earned out over many years to a single year. Yes, it takes tens of thousands of people to design, make and sell Apple's products. Tim would be the first to acknowledge that. Does this mean that each of them is equally valuable to the company and equally hard to replace? No. (Which is not a statement about their worth as _human beings_, mind you).