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Apple reduces raises given to retail employees after weak iPhone quarter::The smartphone market and general economy have slowed down post-pandemic, and Apple is reacting with a lower raise for employees in 2023 versus 2022.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I love how the title is that they’re lowering raises after a bad quarter, but then say that they’re going back to their normal raise structure they have always had and that 2022 was a higher than normal raise year because they raised the minimum wage by 10% on top of higher raises due to higher inflation.

They didn’t lower the minimum raise retail employees can get, they just lowered the maximum raise they could.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The joke is that inflation raised way more than 10%

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My company laid people off, froze everyone’s pay, announced _no raises or promotions this year _, and ceased all hiring and business travel.

Fuck, I would have loved a 10% raise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve been trying for months. The hiring market is terrible right now. Very few jobs and many many laid off folks vying for them.

My only point: don’t shit on a 10% raise.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The other important part here is that inflation is lower this year than last. So the extra high raises last year may have helped keep up but aren’t needed as much.

As far as I can tell there’s no direct relationship between iPhone sales and the change in raises. If anything I’d expect low sales to lead to layoffs or closing stores.