“Apple CEO Tim Cook denies plans for massive layoffs amid pandemic”

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While other tech companies have laid off thousands of employees, Apple haven’t actually done it yet layoffs massive. Even according to Apple’s CEO Tim Cookhis company has no plans for mass layoffs.

In an interview with CNBC following the announcement of Apple’s latest financial results, Cook said he had not ruled out layoffs but that Apple was not planning anything and that it would be a last resort for the company.

“I see it as a last resort, and mass layoffs are not something we’re talking about right now,” Cook told CNBC. detikINETSaturday (6/5/2023).

Even so Cook emphasized that Apple continues to make savings and reduce the rate of recruitment of new employees.

“We continue to be careful in our recruitment. We continue to recruit, just at a lower clip rate than before,” Cook said.

“And we did all the right things to challenge the things we put out, and we found a few more ways to save it.”

Recruitment rate Apple during the pandemic was indeed much lower than other technology giants such as Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, and Microsoft which used the pandemic to grow their business.

According to CNBC data, Apple had 164,000 employees as of September 2022 which includes corporate employees and retail staff for its stores. That number represents a 6.5% increase from the same period in 2021, or around 10,000 employees.

However, while this time it managed to avoid layoffs, position Apple also remained unsteady due to unstable macroeconomic conditions. It’s even been reported that the iPhone manufacturer had to cancel the launch of several low-priority products in order to deploy its research and development budget for other, more important products.

Last month, Bloomberg also reported that Apple was starting to lay off a small number of employees in its retail division. It is not known how many employees will be affected by the layoffs, but Bloomberg says the number is likely very small.

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