The Rundown: Apple’s sales team hit by rare layoffs


🍎 Apple’s sales team hit by rare layoffs
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The Rundown: Apple just carried out a rare round of layoffs, cutting dozens of roles across its global sales organization in a restructuring move, as first reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The details:
The axe fell on account managers handling major corporate, school, and government accounts, plus staff running Apple’s enterprise briefing centers. Management broke the news over the past couple of weeks, with employees saying the cuts blindsided them, given Apple’s famous aversion to layoffs. Apple says the restructuring is meant to “streamline” how it reaches customers and strengthen engagement, while insisting it is still hiring.
Why it matters: While Meta, Google, and Amazon slashed tens of thousands of jobs in 2023–2024, Apple mostly sidestepped the carnage, limiting cuts to specific projects. These layoffs remain minor compared to Apple’s total workforce, but notable in that the tech giant looks to generate record sales of $140B in the December quarter.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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