Apple fired more than 600 employees

The employees on the layoff list are working at 8 different offices in Santa Clara, have received official notice since March 28, and are expected to complete their last working day on May 27. This is Apple's first notable staff reduction since the Covid 19 pandemic.

Although the iPhone manufacturer did not specify the exact list of terminated employees, it is very likely that these are individuals working on the electric vehicle project, including factory managers, hardware engineers and technicians. product design engineer. This was a decision that was announced after Apple officially announced its withdrawal from the plan to produce autonomous electric vehicles, which the company has been researching for many years.

Additionally, one of the reasons why it is believed that the wave of layoffs is affecting personnel on the auto project is because the announcement did not mention Apple's Cupertino headquarters, but rather its offices. smaller satellite, most likely being used for the company's 'secret' projects, such as self-driving cars.

A wave of layoffs has been sweeping the global technology industry for more than a year. Apple has done a great job in preventing this negative trend from affecting the company's human resources team. But when a project is forced to be canceled, the decision to terminate the contract with part of the staff working on that project is very difficult to avoid.

While this is not good news for affected employees, they at least have 60 days to plan their next steps. They can use this time to look for a new job or start retraining for some other position.

Samuel Daniel

Update 05 April 2024