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Title doesn't quite match the content. They're not reapplying for their jobs because their jobs are being eliminated. They're being told to apply for new jobs w
by qgin 4y ago
Title doesn't quite match the content. They're not reapplying for their jobs because their jobs are being eliminated. They're being told to apply for new jobs within Apple.
- lisasays 4y agoThe main point is that their jobs as they knew them are effectively being taken out from under them.
- nextlevelwizard 4y agoWhat is your point? This is normal stuff that happens with companies when economy is in down swing. You see that your profits are going down, you analyze what part of the company could be downsized or eliminated to increase profits and you do that.
- lisasays 4y agoThis is normal stuff that happens with companies when economy is in down swing. Right, and they're normally called "layoffs", and have regulatory and other strings attached. Which this company seems to be trying to do is achieve the same end but on the sly, by trying to disguise it is something else (and giving the employees the illusion that they have some choice or influence in the matter). Effectively making an instance of constructive dismissal (in the sense of effecting a "change to employee relationship"): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_dismissal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_dismissal