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Apple didn’t overhire during the pandemic either, which means they avoided the mismatch between staffing and demand that other large tech firms have.
by nayroclade 4y ago
Apple didn’t overhire during the pandemic either, which means they avoided the mismatch between staffing and demand that other large tech firms have.
- ralfd 4y agoMaybe Apple simply has better management who see farther than only one quarter, but it is noteworthy that as a tech company they are also in a more physical business: making and selling boxes of hardware instead of lofty software. They were also supply-chain constraint by Asian manufacturing, which restrained them.
- matwood 4y agoApple has been conservative for a long time. Their near death is still ingrained in the company [1]. It also wasn't long ago that people were giving Apple hard time for not hiring more. [1] I was an partner in a company that nearly died, but was able to pull through and eventually do well/get acquired. Ultra conservative around hiring is a bias I know I still carry with me from the experience.