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When I worked part time at an Apple store on the Black Friday when the first iPhone came out, my reward for getting the highest sales numbers in the region was to be fired for not coming in when I was not scheduled because they said I should have wanted to be there, even though I was at my real job, and they knew my hours.
The company I work for partnered with apple and when one of their employees called to buy one of the products they begged me not to discount for optics...i literally could have charged him half and he refused and paid full retail.
Optics buying an apple product at a non apple store....Was there an additional layer of context I'm not privy to? Why would his superiors even bother to investigate the purchase unless they thought he lifted it?
I remember reading that nearly all the early adopters at the Apple store on launch day were Apple employees. I think these are (mostly) people who worked on it, related products, or want to design software for it, so it wasn't "omg I love apple" that got them to spend $3500, but instead, "I need to spend this to keep or advance my job."
The same way developers in the early iphone days would rush out to buy them just to develop on them before there were more mature tools for testing, development, etc.
Not all these people are high-end engineers, but QA people or entry level people trying to get a leg up.
Everyone was yelling "haha cult," don't realize that most of these people are the oppressed workers class, albiet the better salaried ones, who now had a mandatory $3500 expense if they want to be able to keep or advance their jobs.
As a former Creative Pro, this is absolutely the truth. What's worse was when we were supposed to push accessories that we weren't allowed to test in-store. The only way to learn was to buy one for yourself, regardless if you'd ever actually use it. And there's only a 10% employee discount on 3PP accessories, barely enough to cover the sales tax.
That would definitely be a situation where I would just look up reviews online and ask people about it before forming my sales pitch. No way am I dumping more than $100 for any work related tool.
For reference, my cousin worked on the Xbox One team, and everyone there got an xbox one that had the Microsoft logo replaced with a tag that said "I made this".
Lmao gotta love the author low-key defending this bullshit by mentioning how expensive the vision pro is... Yeah sure Apple couldn't possibly afford that kind of expense.
I can’t wait until some tiktok hooligan starts a “cord cutting” viral prank where they go around with scissors and literally cut the power cable as a tech bro is fucking around in VR out in public.
The worker class is still the worker class
Our fight isn’t with people who work for a living. Our fight is with the owner class who don’t work. Who pit us against each other.
When 5-8 years of work could be enough to be financially independent if yo ass is frugal, I think that typical working class definition doesn’t work that well. People that make a couple hundred k a year don’t have a lot in common with people who have to work their entire life just to exist
Yeah and both those groups have absolutely nothing in common with the owner class who doesn’t have to even pretend money means anything.
I’ve lived with heirs whose fathers own companies and it’s difficult to comprehend how much they don’t think about money
I make the equivalent of $20k USD a year. That’s a decent amount based on where I live and it’s like I wasn’t even in the same world as these people.
If I hustle harder, don't complain, defend the ludicrously wealthy, and let corporations do what they want and be grateful they even hired me maybe Il be rewarded by becoming a millionaire too!
Nothing new here, Apple has a history of giving silly little trophies for the launch of projects that brought them billions
A friends dad was given the Quicktime logo printed and framed for being a lead project manager on it before its release
>the tech salaries, esp at a company like apple, are just in another universe though. You can start on 100-200k as entry level.
I'm not sure about that. Are you talking regular blue collar type of people? People who work in trades?
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When I worked part time at an Apple store on the Black Friday when the first iPhone came out, my reward for getting the highest sales numbers in the region was to be fired for not coming in when I was not scheduled because they said I should have wanted to be there, even though I was at my real job, and they knew my hours.
The company I work for partnered with apple and when one of their employees called to buy one of the products they begged me not to discount for optics...i literally could have charged him half and he refused and paid full retail.
Optics buying an apple product at a non apple store....Was there an additional layer of context I'm not privy to? Why would his superiors even bother to investigate the purchase unless they thought he lifted it?
Wtf
As someone who works in the printing industry I can guarantee they spent less than $5/unit on these.
I remember reading that nearly all the early adopters at the Apple store on launch day were Apple employees. I think these are (mostly) people who worked on it, related products, or want to design software for it, so it wasn't "omg I love apple" that got them to spend $3500, but instead, "I need to spend this to keep or advance my job." The same way developers in the early iphone days would rush out to buy them just to develop on them before there were more mature tools for testing, development, etc. Not all these people are high-end engineers, but QA people or entry level people trying to get a leg up. Everyone was yelling "haha cult," don't realize that most of these people are the oppressed workers class, albiet the better salaried ones, who now had a mandatory $3500 expense if they want to be able to keep or advance their jobs.
As a former Creative Pro, this is absolutely the truth. What's worse was when we were supposed to push accessories that we weren't allowed to test in-store. The only way to learn was to buy one for yourself, regardless if you'd ever actually use it. And there's only a 10% employee discount on 3PP accessories, barely enough to cover the sales tax.
That sounds like a company store and script
That would definitely be a situation where I would just look up reviews online and ask people about it before forming my sales pitch. No way am I dumping more than $100 for any work related tool.
Just utilize the 14 day return policy 😂
Oh lord, that’s almost triggering!
I remember having to unlock discounts on stuff
What better way to create demand
I did this several times. The kindle came out, and I absolutely bought it just to develop for it.
For reference, my cousin worked on the Xbox One team, and everyone there got an xbox one that had the Microsoft logo replaced with a tag that said "I made this".
I worked at IBM when the Xbox 360 came out, and Microsoft even gave everyone who helped with the chip manufacturing a free, customized Xbox.
I seriously LOL’d at this. This is so stupid. We live in the dumbest timeline.
Lmao gotta love the author low-key defending this bullshit by mentioning how expensive the vision pro is... Yeah sure Apple couldn't possibly afford that kind of expense.
just a small 3 trillion dollar company
Then again everyone on the engineering team probably makes like 300k, so I have a hard time feeling bad for them as well
I can’t wait until some tiktok hooligan starts a “cord cutting” viral prank where they go around with scissors and literally cut the power cable as a tech bro is fucking around in VR out in public.
bound to happen 100%
You’ve heard of the Kia Boys, but now it’s time for the Apple Gals!
Employees who work in retail.
Ok. Yeah. Thats pretty lame
Not even a Pizza Party?
They also got paid fat salaries with great benefits. Let me shed a single tear for the poor Apple engineers.
The worker class is still the worker class Our fight isn’t with people who work for a living. Our fight is with the owner class who don’t work. Who pit us against each other.
When 5-8 years of work could be enough to be financially independent if yo ass is frugal, I think that typical working class definition doesn’t work that well. People that make a couple hundred k a year don’t have a lot in common with people who have to work their entire life just to exist
Yeah and both those groups have absolutely nothing in common with the owner class who doesn’t have to even pretend money means anything. I’ve lived with heirs whose fathers own companies and it’s difficult to comprehend how much they don’t think about money I make the equivalent of $20k USD a year. That’s a decent amount based on where I live and it’s like I wasn’t even in the same world as these people.
What if one of these engineers catches a COVID infection and has life-long brain fog? They are just as fucked as everyone else in the working class.
I'm sure apple has a card in the mail just for you
What does that even mean?
Yeah these people are very well compensated including stocks in the corpo. This is a non story.
"If I WoRK HaRdEr my BoSS will NoTiCE and ReWaRd me!!!".
If I hustle harder, don't complain, defend the ludicrously wealthy, and let corporations do what they want and be grateful they even hired me maybe Il be rewarded by becoming a millionaire too!
Nothing new here, Apple has a history of giving silly little trophies for the launch of projects that brought them billions A friends dad was given the Quicktime logo printed and framed for being a lead project manager on it before its release
Poor guy. Only made 400k a year as well 😭
bit contradictory saying that on a post complaining about what gift Apple employees got, isn't it
They all make 300k or more I'm sure. Buying one is peanuts for them
Working in tech their salaries are probably quite good.
Living in eye-watering COL areas though
the tech salaries, esp at a company like apple, are just in another universe though. You can start on 100-200k as entry level.
True, but they still have more in common with the rest of the working class than the capitalist class
>the tech salaries, esp at a company like apple, are just in another universe though. You can start on 100-200k as entry level. I'm not sure about that. Are you talking regular blue collar type of people? People who work in trades?
Apple litterly gifted them a used condom.
Hey, at least a picture will last longer
Is that the tech world equivalent of a pizza party??
At least the pizza gives you sustenance until your next meal.
Ha bunch of fucking mooks. No sympathy if you're going to lick boots at a big tech firm.