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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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30. Apple pays lousy at all levels

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 02:50 AM

Jun 2012

My girlfriend received an unsolicited offer from Apple a couple of years ago, she is the master of component pricing and making sure teams developing new products aren't designing something either too difficult to manufacture or too expensive to sell at a reasonable margin. Taking the offered Apple position would have amounted to an enormous pay cut while relocating to a very expensive area.

She said the recruiter seemed genuinely astonished when she turned them down.

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Steve Jobs - American Hero Wilms Jun 2012 #1

I worked for Apple as a contractor... Amerigo Vespucci Jun 2012 #2

UNION TomClash Jun 2012 #3

That's right. marybourg Jun 2012 #4

... hfojvt Jun 2012 #23

I tried to get a good photo TomClash Jun 2012 #62

Ain't capitalism grand? entanglement Jun 2012 #5

Progressive icon Steve Jobs hated unions. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2012 #6

He took it personal that "his" workers didn't need a union because he was.... WCGreen Jun 2012 #54

That's the hubris of the "good" boss... JHB Jun 2012 #67

Apple is giving its workers a 25% pay increase this year. former9thward Jun 2012 #7

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He'd probably take ten bucks an hour if he could get a percentage of his sales. nt MADem Jun 2012 #11

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It's still completely disgusting that the CEO makes 22,000 times the average worker. Initech Jun 2012 #45

25% of $11.25 is $2.81. WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2012 #10

Does anybody else think $11.24 is not that bad? hfojvt Jun 2012 #13

If it is Apple you will find no number is enough. former9thward Jun 2012 #14

And people like you would defend them if they paid them nothing! Logical Jun 2012 #17

No I have standards and use logic. former9thward Jun 2012 #18

The pro-apple crowd and anti-apple crowd are no different! Logical Jun 2012 #20

It's not logic you're using Confusious Jun 2012 #52

Yet no one suggested a number. former9thward Jun 2012 #55

Been a lot of suggestions downthread Confusious Jun 2012 #56

I know kids working at Target and Lowes that would love to make $11.24 an hour selling computers Elwood P Dowd Jun 2012 #15

The great service economy! nt Confusious Jun 2012 #53

It's pretty mediocre Merlot Jun 2012 #16

in the early 1990s hfojvt Jun 2012 #22

He sold $750,000 worth of stuff in 3 months... WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2012 #19

Why should he be, if the products sell themselves? hfojvt Jun 2012 #21

do you have to teach a person how to sleep in the room? TeamPooka Jun 2012 #26

11.24 sucks How about a total of 10% of his sales? Is that a fair number? TeamPooka Jun 2012 #25

so you think $75,000 is "middle"? hfojvt Jun 2012 #27

so you blame people TeamPooka Jun 2012 #29

value judgements like "blame" are not part of a discussion of facts hfojvt Jun 2012 #42

I'm willing to bet he works harder for his money than most of the people on Apple's board. white_wolf Jun 2012 #28

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+2 Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #35

but what is a living wage hfojvt Jun 2012 #40

A living wage varies by where you live... white_wolf Jun 2012 #60

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I don't make that much money now hfojvt Jun 2012 #41

How about some cites to back up these accusations? TBF Jun 2012 #51

What rightwing talking points? hfojvt Jun 2012 #64

"The top has snarfed up much of the gains in the last 3 decades" TBF Jun 2012 #65

It's less than my first retail electronics job paid, in the middle nineties. LeftyMom Jun 2012 #39

In most places $11.25/hr is barely living wage iif that. hobbit709 Jun 2012 #43

what is "most places"? hfojvt Jun 2012 #47

When I first came to Austin in 1974 hobbit709 Jun 2012 #48

I imagine a median living wage would be enough. LanternWaste Jun 2012 #44

Maybe we should talk about why the CEO makes so much TBF Jun 2012 #50

11.24 is basically minimum wage circa 1969, adjusted for inflation. Selatius Jun 2012 #59

Microsoft, Amazon Amongst Top Tech Employers FredisDead Jun 2012 #24

Google makes you send all your college transcripts to get a job flamingdem Jun 2012 #38

Apple pays lousy at all levels Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2012 #30

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"It's kind of tough." Brickbat Jun 2012 #34

That explains the horrible ellie Jun 2012 #36

Hey but Iphones are cool and you can have pink hair flamingdem Jun 2012 #37

Any way you look at it, Apple employees are simply not getting their fare share... RetailActionProject Jun 2012 #46

Even a 1% commission would have majorly boosted his income % JCMach1 Jun 2012 #49

For a more useful perspective try this. Jakes Progress Jun 2012 #57

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Not if your whole purpose is to join the Apple bash wagon. Jakes Progress Jun 2012 #63

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Do you read the posts in your own thread? Jakes Progress Jun 2012 #68

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Ahh, the rich get richer and the workers just take it in the shorts. What's new? demosincebirth Jun 2012 #58