Apple was one of the great tech companies that didn’t lay off their employees en masse. At least not yet, although not in the same way as other companies. As reported bloombergcompany from cupertino would do without a “probably very small” number of people as part of a strategy to improve their operations, not as a way to cut costs, as firms like Amazon, Google, or Meta have done.
It is not yet clear how many of the “probably very small” number of employees Apple has laid off, and whether the company will officially announce the layoffs of some employees. For the time being, as the aforementioned medium reported, heas it affects the work of the Department of Development and Conservation, designed to build and maintain Apple retail stores. They also have until the end of this week to apply for another job with the company. In the event that they do not receive a position, they will receive compensation for up to four months.
It was Apple who announced a few months ago that layoffs were their “last resort” when it comes to cutting costs due to the current economic situation. The firm has taken some measures to avoid losses, such as suspending new contracts, cutting budgets, or delaying some projects. Despite this, Apple continues to work on the development of Apple Glass, its virtual and augmented reality glasses, which could be the answer to the metaverse that has hurt some companies so much.
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Either way, Apple is one of the companies that has made the fewest layoffs since Meta and Amazon started the trend. Mark Zuckerberg’s company, in fact, came to lay off a total of 21,000 workers in different phases. It has also made significant cuts, such as eliminating permanent office jobs for those employees who work remotely most of the time.
The number of laid-off workers at Meta is second only to Amazon, with 27,000 layoffs in total. Google is the third company to cut the most jobs, laying off 12,000 employees. Next comes Microsoft with 10,000 layoffs. Therefore, it is unlikely that Apple will meet or exceed any of these numbers.
Source: Hiper Textual
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