Apple Employs An Army of Slaves: $AAPL

“I was earning $11.25 an hour,” he said. “Part of me was thinking, ‘This is great. I’m an Apple fan, the store is doing really well.’ But when you look at the amount of money the company is making and then you look at your paycheck, it’s kind of tough.”

America’s love affair with the smartphone has helped create tens of thousands of jobs at places like Best Buy and Verizon Wireless and will this year pump billions into the economy.

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Yogi and Boo Boo says:

I almost skipped over this story when I saw it in the Times. Sounds like $AAPL is running a cult. It’s amazing that the meme of a dead end job is “flippin’ burgers”, while every executive in $MCD started on the front counter or grill. They only recently went outside for executive talent.

The most an $AAPL “genius” can expect? Two tacos.

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