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What did Steve Jobs do? He wasn't even at the company for half the layoffs that happened, and wasn't CEO until they were over. He killed some boondoggles 6 mo
by itsdrewmiller 4y ago
What did Steve Jobs do? He wasn't even at the company for half the layoffs that happened, and wasn't CEO until they were over. He killed some boondoggles 6 months after being formally named CEO (and over a year after NEXT was acquired).
- labrador 4y agoLooks like I'm not the only one who made the association: David Heinemeier Hansson November 5, 2022 Apple fired 4,100 when Steve Jobs returned in 1997 https://world.hey.com/dhh/apple-fired-4-100-when-steve-jobs-returned-in-1997-57ed6bc6
- itsdrewmiller 4y agoI'd encourage you to read the source he cites in that blog post - it's clearly very, very different from what Musk is doing.
- labrador 4y agoSorry, it was the best I could come up with
- theCrowing 4y agoA broken clock is also right two times a day.
- yborg 4y agoThat was ~30% of Apple's staff at the time.
- gscott 4y agoAnd I think they were on the edge of Bankruptcy
- heartbreak 4y agoDHH would know a thing or two about pissing off half your employees overnight.