I think most people agree that Tim is likable and a really great fellow all-around. I haven't heard much negative about him at all, I think he's very admired by the Apple community and seen as a positive influence at Apple.
They would? I don't have anything agains't him but how would you possibly have any idea what he is really like?
"In general, Apple has become slightly more open and considerably more corporate," he wrote. "In some cases Cook is taking action that Apple sorely needed and employees badly wanted. It's almost as if he is working his way through a to-do list of long overdue repairs the previous occupant (Jobs) refused to address for no reason other than obstinacy."
Oh no, Apple is doomed. Steve's way is the only way to do things. How dare Tim Cook do anything differently from Steve. Anybody who does things differently from Steve will fail.
Are we supposed to care that Tim occasionally sits down to have lunch with random employees? Slightly less cynical, I do care a great deal about the comments Max Paley made in the Fortune piece on Tim and Apple. Things like this: "I've been told that any meeting of significance is now always populated by project management and global-supply management ... When I was there, engineering decided what we wanted, and it was the job of product management and supply management to go get it. It shows a shift in priority." sound very concerning.
Are we supposed to care that Tim occasionally sits down to have lunch with random employees? Slightly less cynical, I do care a great deal about the comments Max Paley made in the Fortune piece on Tim and Apple. Things like this: "I've been told that any meeting of significance is now always populated by project management and global-supply management ... When I was there, engineering decided what we wanted, and it was the job of product management and supply management to go get it. It shows a shift in priority." sound very concerning.
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Originally Posted by WardC
I think most people agree that Tim is likable and a really great fellow all-around. I haven't heard much negative about him at all, I think he's very admired by the Apple community and seen as a positive influence at Apple.
They would? I don't have anything agains't him but how would you possibly have any idea what he is really like?
Awkward...
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"In general, Apple has become slightly more open and considerably more corporate," he wrote. "In some cases Cook is taking action that Apple sorely needed and employees badly wanted. It's almost as if he is working his way through a to-do list of long overdue repairs the previous occupant (Jobs) refused to address for no reason other than obstinacy."
Oh no, Apple is doomed. Steve's way is the only way to do things. How dare Tim Cook do anything differently from Steve. Anybody who does things differently from Steve will fail.
Are we supposed to care that Tim occasionally sits down to have lunch with random employees? Slightly less cynical, I do care a great deal about the comments Max Paley made in the Fortune piece on Tim and Apple. Things like this: "I've been told that any meeting of significance is now always populated by project management and global-supply management ... When I was there, engineering decided what we wanted, and it was the job of product management and supply management to go get it. It shows a shift in priority." sound very concerning.
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Originally Posted by mgsarch
Are we supposed to care that Tim occasionally sits down to have lunch with random employees? Slightly less cynical, I do care a great deal about the comments Max Paley made in the Fortune piece on Tim and Apple. Things like this: "I've been told that any meeting of significance is now always populated by project management and global-supply management ... When I was there, engineering decided what we wanted, and it was the job of product management and supply management to go get it. It shows a shift in priority." sound very concerning.
So why did Steve pick Tim to replace him then?
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Originally Posted by Rogifan
So why did Steve pick Tim to replace him then?
Whim.
[j/k]
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Apple CEO Tim Cook distracts the FoxConn workers by smiling and waving, while with his other hand he slyly helps himself to their french fries.
As to why Steve picked Tim, remains to be seen.
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Originally Posted by mgsarch
As to why Steve picked Tim, remains to be seen.
Hardly. He's a master of getting deals made.
Random employees? You mean Apple just hires random people?
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Random employees? You mean Apple just hires random people?
He only sits with employees who don't conform to social norms and do different things each day.
Methodical employees don't interest him.
An unconfirmed source tells me he will often use random urinals on bathroom breaks as well.