Two CEOs. Two Very Different Legacies.

Tim Cook steps down as Apple, $AAPL, CEO on August 31 after taking the company from ~$350 billion to over $4 trillion.

John Stankey steps down as AT&T, $T, CEO after taking the company from ~$215 billion to ~$178 billion.

Apple increased its market cap by roughly $3.65 trillion and AT&T lost roughly $37 billion.

Six years. Two CEOs. Completely different outcomes. I wonder why?

One led through massive innovation and growth. The other spent years making questionable strategic decisions resulting in failures of epic proportions, while simultaneously alienating the workforce with policies like 5x RTO, cutting costs and talent, and destroying culture and morale.

But I’m sure Stankey will find a way to explain how all of this is somehow the employees’ fault.

Get this l0ser Stankey out!

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The stinker and AI are going to transform the company into a 12 trillion dollar industry no doubt. Now he has someone that he can’t intimidate. So he will have to believe in it.

@ex ..and that was because Verizon was first offered the iPhone and turned to down.

T propelled Apple with the introduction of the iPhone and got left behind!!

Im just gonna milk T die i decide to leave- 200k with a sh-t college degree

“So I’ll be one of the average employees T will be left with when the top shelf employees leave this nonsense..”
We know.

Did you invest in Apple stock?

@af Well of course the talent is different. We’re not willing to pay for top engineers or scientists. Pay is less than half and our osp engineers don’t always have college degrees.

If I had a PHd or a list of certifications, I would not put up with this presence report bs. All I have is a 90’s BS degree, practically worthless now. So I’ll be one of the average employees T will be left with when the top shelf employees leave this nonsense..

T lost one of the smartest inventive scientists out there after 30yrs in Labs. Marion Croak went to Google to reach her true potential without archaic rules and budget limitations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Croak

Comparing AT&T to Apple? LOL

@af "Two very different employee bases in terms of talent and innovation."

Hmmmm -- I wonder who is responsible for building that employee base, that culture of innovation?

@af right. Because $T is not a desirable place to work anymore due to the pi-s poor culture and archaic 5X RTO policy. The company will continue struggling to attract/retain talent as long as this loser stinky and his terrible policy remain. Thank you for understanding the underlying issue at hand.

Two very different employee bases in terms of talent and innovation.

Stank does not need to explain anything. He is the smartest person ever. Just ask him and he will tell you.

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