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And is managed by a CEO who is choosing not to lay off workers. Are you saying that Apple is wrong to not do layoffs? You can go express that with your votes in
by CGamesPlay 4y ago
And is managed by a CEO who is choosing not to lay off workers. Are you saying that Apple is wrong to not do layoffs? You can go express that with your votes in the investor meeting, that you don’t want Apple to be the star in these PR pieces about being a great employer who doesn’t lay off employees.
- kaashif 4y agoI read their comment as implying that Apple should distribute that cash pile to investors through buybacks or dividends. I don't know what about their comment implies they want layoffs.
- senttoschool 4y agoI'm implying that Apple's cash pile belongs to investors and shareholders. Part of that money is used to pay employees. However, that cash pile is not a charity for employing workers that is no longer needed at the company.
- californical 4y agoAnd what specific employees are unnecessary, which you feel qualified to fire?
- senttoschool 4y agoI don't feel qualified to fire anyone. I'm just stating how public corporations work.
- rosebay 4y ago[dead]
- roughly 4y agoThere’s another possibility, which is that the group of executives who built the largest money printing machine in human history have a better understanding of how to maximize long term value than whoever wrote the Forbes article complaining about Apple’s cash reserves.
- pulisse 4y agoYou think Tim Cook is retaining unnecessary workers out of charity? On what grounds?
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoI think you’re both seeing this discussion as way too adversarial and/or political, as well as assuming the GP was insinuating some underlying point you disagree with rather than just being pedantic.