On February 12, Bloomberg reported that Apple is giving many U.S. retail store employees a salary increase of between 2% and 10%, and salespeople, Genius Bar technical maintenance personnel, and some senior hourly workers have the opportunity to raise wages.
According to people familiar with the matter, Apple recently announced a salary increase plan at store briefings and employee personal meetings, and the salaries that can be obtained are basically employees who have been working in Apple's retail stores before the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in 2020, and not all of them are eligible for salary increases. According to Apple's meaning, the salary increase is to allow old employees to better cooperate with new employees, and the salary increase plan takes effect this month.
Bloomberg interviewed several Apple employees who received raises and learned that salespeople were given an extra $3 an hourly raise, raising the average hourly wage to $25 (about 158.85 yuan). The technical maintenance staff also earned $24 (about 152.5 yuan) an hour after a $3 increase in salary per hour. If calculated according to the 8-hour daily and weekend double-rest work system, the sales staff of Apple retail stores earn $200 a day and $4,400 a month, which is close to 28,000 yuan.
Apple employees are also paid too high, others work an hour more than I earn in a day. According to the daily salary of 160 and the size of the week, the monthly salary is almost 4000 yuan. There may be many people in China whose monthly salary is not yet 4,000 yuan, which is really too big.
Not only that, Apple has also improved the welfare of employees, from the previous 6 days to 12 days of paid sick leave, so that employees can use it for mental health leave, themselves or accompany their families to see a doctor. Apple employees who previously worked for 5 years or more can get extra vacation days, but now the threshold has been lowered to 3 years, and part-time employees are also eligible for vacation and up to six weeks of paid parental leave, which is really enviable.
Previously, the Internet has also exposed the salary package of Google and Microsoft engineers, most of which are software engineers with annual salaries of more than 100,000 US dollars, and the leadership level can reach 300,000 US dollars or even higher. Of course, this does not include other commissions and incentives, and the comprehensive salary should be much higher than the online revelations.
Improving the salary of employees is the most direct and effective way and means to retain employees. In the past two years, the outbreak of the epidemic overseas has been in full swing, the labor force has shrunk, the cost of living has been increasing, the mood of employees complaining has risen, and the job-hopping rate has also increased. Apple is also not allowed to give employees a raise to solve the situation of employees slacking off. However, Apple, as the world's most profitable salary, this salary increase is estimated to be only a drizzle.