Tim Cook Announces Extended Thanksgiving Holiday With Pay for Apple Employees

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Posted September 30, 2013 at 3:49pm by iClarified

Apple CEO Tim Cook has written an email to employees thanking them for their hard work and announcing an extended Thanksgiving holiday with pay.

Retail, AppleCare, and a few other teams that must remain open will still get the same number of days off at an alternate time.

Cook made a similar announcement last year. You can read his full email below.

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It’s been an exciting summer. For the first time, we’ve launched two new iPhone product lines. iOS 7 was created from a deep collaboration between our design and engineering teams, bringing to our customers a stunning new user interface and amazing new features. We unveiled OS X Mavericks and the most powerful Mac ever. The App Store celebrated a new milestone — 50 billion downloads. And we continued to express our love for music with iTunes Radio and the iTunes Festival.

I had the opportunity to visit a few of our stores during the iPhone launch. There is no better place to see and feel why Apple is special. The best products on Earth. Energy. Enthusiasm. The best customers in the world. Passionate team members focused on enriching people’s lives. Innovative products that serve humanity’s deepest values and highest aspirations.

And I am proud to tell you that Apple is also a force for good in our world beyond our products. Whether it’s improving working conditions or the environment, standing up for human rights, helping eliminate AIDS, or reinventing education, Apple is making a substantial contribution to society.

None of this would have been possible without you. Our most important resource is not our money, our intellectual property, or any capital asset. Our most important resource — our soul — is our people.

I realize many of you worked tirelessly to bring us this far. I know it required great personal sacrifice.

In recognition of your incredible efforts and achievements, I’m happy to announce that we’re extending the Thanksgiving holiday this year. We will shut down with pay on November 25, 26, and 27 so our teams can have the whole week off. Retail, AppleCare and a few other teams will need to work that week so we can continue to serve our customers, but will receive the same number of days off at an alternate time. Please check with your manager for details. Our international teams will schedule the vacation days at a time that is best suited for their specific country.

I hope you find the extra time restful and relaxing. You deserve it. Details will be available on AppleWeb soon.

I am exceedingly proud of all of you. I am in awe of what you’ve accomplished and couldn’t be more excited about the future. Enjoy the time away!

Best,
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Tim Cook Announces Extended Thanksgiving Holiday With Pay for Apple Employees

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liuping - September 30, 2013 at 11:59pm

Apple has contributed over %65 million For Product Red AIDS fund. They also forced Foxcon to raise employee pay rate and Cut the hours. There is a ton of info out there if you are are "asking for real", just do a quick Google search...

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Really? part II - October 1, 2013 at 1:24pm

First of all, telling people in a discussion blog to do a Google search defeats the purpose of the blog... we're here to discuss, no? Secondly, I did do a search, and came up with lots of conflicting information on this subject. For the most part it seems that independent sources are not very impressed with Apple, while consultants retained by Apple or "industry media" are more positive. Most people would be skeptical of a company's statements and p.r. releases on this subject, and if one actually takes the time to search a little deeper, it seems clear to me that at least potentially Apple doesn't give that much of a $hit about the issue. Check out this article that pretty much summarises my perspective, and in which an Apple executive states "customers care more about a new iPhone than working conditions in China." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Mas22 - September 30, 2013 at 5:04pm

Now if Apple would emerge from its hermetically sealed environment, then maybe they would see what it's like in the real world...

Mas22 - September 30, 2013 at 9:51pm

Huh ?