This is meant to be a serious issue, yet I just can't shake the mental image of Tim Cook personally duct-taping AirTags onto every single employee to keep track of them. đź¤
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That's just recency bias, because it's easy to forget all the delays and bugs once they ship and are fixed.
People have been saying "Apple software used to be great, but recently …" for as long as I can remember.
I mean, look at this semi-famous blog post from 2015: https://marco.org/2015/01/04/apple-lost-functional-high-ground
The work-at-home is not saving Apple money, though. They spent billions on that corporate campus that is being completely underutilized. That's how Apple's management sees it. Can't blame them, really.
yes and to call it that means you have lost focus on reality, whatever keeps you happy though
it's actually called "Apple Park", but you keep believing.
Helping out a co worker right away is very productive. Helping them can ignite a whole chain of productivity. Being at home you’ll get to it eventually(after folding laundry) and possibly holding up a nice multiple employee domino effect productivity surge.
maybe they shouldn't have blown billions into a vanity project.
shock horror @steve09090 dislikes my post, who would have thought
Totally agree. And whether it works or not, it is designed for collaboration. If working from home full time was a good idea, they would do it.
only if the right way to help them was for them to come up to your desk and interrupt what you were supposed to be doing. losing focus on your task is not productive at all.
I understand people's desire to continue working at home in California. Most of Apple's workers live nowhere close to work (they can't afford to live in the Valley even with making 6 figures) and the commute is a nerve wracking nightmare.
I think the line really should be drawn at: If you came to work before the pandemic, then you should return for the 3 days a week. If you were hired as remote during the pandemic and performed well, then you shouldn't be required to be in-person.
I think the line really should be drawn at: If you came to work before the pandemic, then you should return for the 3 days a week. If you were hired as remote during the pandemic and performed well, then you shouldn't be required to be in-person.
Seriously? The big issues huh?
That's not true though is it, when it comes to creativity? I guess when we work in silos or don't know how to collaborate, or not prepared to, that could be true.
True, but they also result in actins such as only hiring on short term contracts to make it easier to reduce staff or get rid of people.
I say try and ship the jobs overseas.
I've seen the code generated in other countries. It's bad. And, after a while, it comes back to US shores because the product quality slips. Seen it happen with companies I was in that have outsourced to India and Vietnam.
apple probably think you already get 2 days off per week (sat and sun) so you already get enough
that only tends to happen if it's for a specific project, doesn't tend to happen for general employment.
Very true. But the actual studies show higher productivity and less burnout. Less sick days (which on its own pays for itself). The Queensland Study in Australia shows some of the direct benefits.
“Forty-six per cent of participating employers said their business productivity had remained roughly the same, while 34 per cent said it had improved slightly and 15 per cent said it had improved significantly,” he says.
This means 95% say they are better off, or simply the same. But like wfh, there are savings in not having people in the office, plus you consider the benefits of a more engaged, happier or commited workforce, plus the lack of sick days, then there are still major wins.How would working in an office improve this?Apple's productivity stats = how buggy their software is.
iOS 16 has been pretty darn buggy if you ask me.
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This. There were over 120,000 jobs cut in the Tech Industry in just if the first two months of this year. I agree, rocking the boat right now may not be prudent.
how many of those were due to Elon going a power trip?
Spaceship is the informal name given it; something employees at various companies do to work locations or even teh company name.
It depends on the EU country and industry. In some areas it is quite common in the service industry, for example. Overall, it appears to sit at about 10% of the workforce.
It can be productive. It can be a real blocker.
But most of the time, it's just easier to ask than to look into it.
Sure have been guilty of this myself, if I know the person next to me can answer in 5 seconds what would take me minutes to figure out. But if it breaks their concentration and flow, I don't see the damage it does.
If anyone on the team is so important that regularly work truly stalls without their immediate input, that's a a big antipattern. Time to improve documentation, or spread knowledge and responsibilities. I mean, what if they're sick, on vacation or quit? Ouch …
When Steve Jobs pitched the idea to the city council during one of his last public appearances, he referred to the building as looking like a spaceship had landed.
If you don’t understand the affection Apple fans have for Steve, using his phrase to describe the campus, I question why you are so involved in this thread while repeatedly offering uniquely misguided takes.
5,500 (70%)
18,000 from Amazon
12,000 from Alphabet
10,000 from Meta
10,000 from Microsoft
6,650 from Dell
3,000 from Github
1,600 from Yahoo
0 from Apple. That might rise with all the namby-pamby lazies who want to work in their pajamas.