Apple has been surfing on the giant wave of success for quite a few years now, as we all know. Basically, since Steve Jobs returned to the company in 1997, the company is doing better and better making more profit every business quarter.
Many say that Jobs’ way of leading the company and his way to work with all his employees is the key to the company’s success. His ingenious and perfectionist mind as well as his discipline and the discipline he requires from everyone of his worker-bees is said to be unique.
A little piece of information about how Jobs talks to newly promoted Vice Presidents proves just that.
Fortune’s Adam Lashinsky claims to know the key part of the conversation Jobs has with every new VP of Apple Inc. According to the journalist, Jobs tries to make the new VP understand what kind of importance and degree of responsibility he now has, by comparing him to a janitor or cleaner.
The CEO tells them that janitors are allowed to have excuses for not doing his job. If the excuse is reasonable, Jobs will understand and accept it. But if you are a VP, Jobs doesn’t care about any excuses for any mistakes or unfinished jobs.
“When you’re the janitor, reasons matter, […]”
“Somewhere between the janitor and the CEO, reasons stop mattering,”
And that crucial boundary, for Jobs, is
“crossed when you become a VP.”
Article Via San Francisco Gate
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what he means is we pay you sooo much money that we need you to just get it done.. lol
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LikeIF you apply for an executive job at corporate Apple you should know up front Job's 'expectations' and the hard work your going to make. Jobs doesn't make it a secret he expects you to work at your very best and IF that is not be good enough you need to find a different job. Excellence must be a HABIT and not just periodic bursts of energy. Leadership is a separation of the wheat from the chaf.
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Likethe key statement in that article is "Claims to know". I'd bet Adam can't find his butt in the dark with a spotlight based on the crap he's spouting.
And if you ever have the chance to work with or for Steve, don't pass it up. It's something you'll regret the rest of your life.
I worked with and for him for 6 years. A great time, and one in which I learned much from him.
Michael Murdock (former PIXAR Mac Guru credited in TOY STORY)
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LikeAs if, 'The Boss.' Shortly after you sacked Jim, I canned your disrespectful hide. Oh, and by the way, speaking of outing things, everyone knew about you and the janitor. Staying late again to "catch up", eh?
BTW, I realize my awesome shitcanning of you came rather suddenly, but when you left you forgot to clean out half of those sodas you'd been stealing and hoarding inside your bureau.
Lucky for me, I'm not afraid of disgruntled former employees or closeted petty thieves, so I don't mind airing the laundry here. That's why it pays to be the boss of the boss.
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LikeI qualified him. Deal with it.
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LikeLearned this lesson from my dad as a wee lad- Excuses are like a33holes- Everyone has one. We three boys learned that what you get done is how you are measured. I like Jobs more civil approach, and the results it brings. People making that kind of money should get no slack. Anyone wanting to make that kind of impact should never accept an excuse from themselves.
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LikeHe scares me...
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LikeI wouldn't want to work for him
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LikeThen you probably are good enough. His point is a valid one. I've been a janitor and once worked at Apple. I saw a VP get canned for being a liar and con artist. That person deserved it. What Jobs probably doesn't know is he still has people working at Apple that need to go. BTW: I left on my own.
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Likeyeah, right, 'jim'. you left on your own. you did not leave on your own. i fired your lazy carcass. if you want me to out the full story, i would be happy to do so. disgruntled employees do no frighten me – no matter how arrogant and self-absorbed they may be.
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LikeDitto.
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Likestop hitting on marilyn
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LikeI'm sorrying. Is McGasp that desperate for readers that other 'columnists' have to post comments? And, just how old is Rene Schaefer? What qualifies him to be commenting on one of the most successful individuals of our time? Just because you 'think' a thought does not mean it is necessarily worth spouting.
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LikeI'm not sure what you've read, but the article doesn't comment on anything. Only the comment I made in the "comments" section of the site states my personal opinion.
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LikeI'm sorry @db75260d7203a8e1a545c433584cde33:disqus , I didn't write this article.. Not sure why I wouldn't be qualified to comment on it. I actually work with Apple. If I did work with corporate, I also know I wouldn't be a VP. Not because I'm lazy or an under-achiever by any means. I'm just really good at what I do, I'm a worker. I've done management and it wasn't satisfying. I like to be hands on, not because I want to ever have an excuse for what went wrong, but because I like to solve problems, make people happy. I do however find it curious why *this* article in particular is bringing out the trolls.
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LikeIt's on techmeme, hanging on to one of the top spots.
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