Until now it seemed that Apple had been saved from the wave of layoffs that has affected the technology sector of the world in the last quarter. However, a report indicates that the apple company could be about to start a small round of layoffs.
As reported Bloomberg, Apple would cut a small number of features within its corporate retail team. Sources told the financial daily that the company is planning these layoffs in an effort “to simplify its operations” at stores around the world.
Affected employees had until Friday to apply for other jobs at Apple and those who opt out will receive four months’ severance pay.
Apple had held up through the wave of layoffs bigtech
2023 has hit the Big Tech sector hard around the world. Between January and March, companies of all sizes and sectors have cut more than 166,000 jobs around the world.
According to the portal LayOffthe list is headed by giants such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta, whose cuts number in the thousands.
Apple had resisted with cost cuts and bonuses and even CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal that layoffs would be their “last resort” to maintain the company’s finances. so these
On the other hand, the Cupertino company maintained a simple, but effective strategy during the pandemic: not to hire more. This bucked the trend of other tech giants that grew wild during the digital services boom during the lockdowns.
For now, layoffs at Steve Jobs’ company remain minuscule compared to other technology companies, according to The Vergealthough Apple had already stopped new hires.
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