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Apple is worth over $700 billion dollars. That’s almost twice as much as Exxon Mobil. That’s more than the gross national product of Switzerland. That’s more than the entire friggin’ stock market in Spain. Being worth that much, you’d think they wouldn’t skimp out on holiday gifts.
But, they did. Per Refinery29:
Along with a complimentary nine-month subscription to Apple Music, the company’s recently launched streaming service, the tech giant is gifting staffers a free pair of urBeats headphones — for a combined value of around $190.
Easy there, Daddy Warbucks! So you’re tellin’ me that Apple is giving out free subscriptions to their own music service, which will essentially cost them nothing? And then they’re tossing in some Beats headphones that are just shitty headphones with weights added to the earpieces in an effort to make them feel substantial?
Okay, okay, I will say that it’s nice that Apple is giving their employees anything, let alone something worth almost $200. A lot of people on the grind won’t see as much as a dime for Christmas this year, which is a different story for a different writer.
But, like, maybe they could afford to give a little bit more if they weren’t paying allegedly blind Stevie Wonder to be in their Christmas commercials this year.
Yeah, I said allegedly. .
[via Refinery29]
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My boss told me cash was too tight for bonuses this year, but that 2016 was definitely going to be a big year. PGP
We didn’t get bonuses last year, but my bosses bought a 3rd “toy car”. No bonuses this year but they got a 3rd vacation home. 3 must be the lucky number…
Same.
Same. Followed by the purchase of a brand new, one-of-a-kind F150.
Will, all we want for Christmas from you is an extra TGDAG article.
All I want for Christmas is Brian.
Brian walked out of our lives, there were no answers, no conclusion. We demand answers.
The ultimate Cliffhanger.
All I want is a PGP koozie.
You’ve earned it. Package includes a 12 month swimsuit edition of deFries posing on Daytona Beach.
Mr. January-December. PGPowerMove.
At least they GET Christmas presents from their employer
Jeez they got $200 dollars worth of stuff. I would say that isn’t bad at all especially when I’ll bet their salaried employees get bonuses as well.
When I worked for a large corporation where the CEO owned planes and shoes that “cost more than his first car”..our Christmas bonuses consisted of a lunch buffet. I now for a small company of 51 employees and each year we’re given $1,000 in cash. We don’t have a fancy building or a Starbucks machine in the breakroom, but boss man knows and cares about each of us.
Last year I got a $50 visa gift card…. I quit in January.
Last year, I got told, “be thankful you’re employed here. No other company pays EMTs as much”. (12.00 an hour)
I’d have been happy to get a gift card.
“You get a bonus every two weeks.” PGP.
Hey, I would have shared a Dearbon ham with you…
$25 for iTunes. I own no iDevices. If anyone is hiring in the greater Philadelphia area, let me know…
“A lot of people on the grind won’t see as much as a dime”.
this sounds like some scarface lyrics
Oooh boy, bring on the Stevie Wonder truthers!