William Gallagher
Around 100 contractor recruiters have now been laid off at Apple, although an unknown number of others remain, as do the company's full-time recruitment workers.
Apple has recently been reported to be planning to slow down adding new staff. Tim Cook has directly said that he wouldn't characterize it as such, and instead says hiring will now be more "deliberate."
According to Business Standard, however, the company has now laid off some of its recruitment staff. Some 100 who were employed on a contract basis, have reportedly been laid off in the last week.
The 100 include recruiters based at Apple's offices in Texas and Singapore. Reportedly not all such contractors were laid off, and it appears that Apple is retaining all of its full-time recruiters.
Unnamed sources told the publication that workers had been informed cuts were being made due to changes in Apple's business needs. Contractors are reportedly to receive pay and medical benefits for two weeks.
It's a rare move for Apple, but not unprecedented. In 2016, the company laid off all of its contract recruiters.
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These aren’t layoffs. They are contractors and their contracts are over according to the article. They aren’t being renewed but that comes with being a contractor.
Considering the amount of innovation coming out of Apple in the 00's with a much smaller staff and the rather meager results/staff member nowadays it's probably a good thing, if Apple starts to see things differently about growing like the crazy ones. The most creative ideas often come from lack of resources instead of abundance of resources.