Apple’s Retail Staffing Blunder – What Really Happened

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) was in the news recently for some very bad reasons that related to its treatment of employees. There were media reports that the company had inexplicably been taking the axe to employee numbers at its retail stores, and had also curtailed working hours. According to this report in the Businessinsider, it appears that these changes were being pushed by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s newly-appointed head of retail operations, John Bowett, in a drive to boost the profitability of the stores by making them leaner. Bowett has been quoted as saying that the stores were “too bloated” in his opinion….