Apple Retail Holds First Company-Wide Meeting Since 2019
29 AUGUST 2022 - It was a meeting slated for the corner of “we’re all getting better, maybe” and “because I said so.” MacRumors ran a piece Friday saying that Apple was holding a company-wide retail meeting over the weekend. That did happen, according to an Apple Store friend of mine.
While I’ve not heard about the topic of the meeting, it seems significant for a couple of reasons. First - historically, MacRumors says they’re the kind of meeting Apple holds “ahead of a busy launch season.” With Apple’s “Far Out” product event drawing closer, now seems like a great time for such a meeting. The second reason the meeting is significant though - they haven’t happened in years. The piece says the last one was scheduled for Spring 2020. That was cancelled when the world caught COVID-19.
As for that corner I mentioned - the corner of “we’re all getting better, maybe” and “because I said so…” Despite COVID still being a thing, the world (or at least the U.S.) has pretty much re-opened for business. At the same time, MacRumors says the weekend’s meetings “come amid widespread tension within Apple over unionization, a factor not present in years past.”
I don’t want to guess about what was discussed, and I didn’t want to push my pal. That said, if anyone who made one of the meetings would like to share what they heard, I’m all ears - info@macosken.com.
