Thea author and Issacson can write blurbs about what ever they want to. Only a corporation is a social welfare program for a wannabee Capitalist like these two yahoos. Every employee, no doubt signed an agreement that outlined job conditions. And if one does not perform as directed, then that individual is gone and 2 weeks notice be damned. I will bet they received a severance package. An employer owes an employee a pay check for work during the check's period of time. If the employee does not meet deadlines, why do they deserve a paycheck ? Libs are simply jealous of other Libs who make big profits. I will continue to work on my Ipad, thank the innovator and despise people like these two do nothings.
How do you become a business titan that treats employees like garbage, creates products intended to be monopolies, charges excessive prices that result in outrageous profits, practices significant tax avoidance, and yet not get pilloried (on the contrary, become deified) by the anti-business media? It’s simple; you are Steve Jobs and you are just too cool to criticize.
There’s no doubt that Steve Jobs was a major player in the development of the personal computer, transformed the animation business, and developed products in the last decade of his life that changed our culture and society. His finest quality was the ability...
... to paraphrase,
... a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds - especially when they cannot read
While Steve Jobs is to be lauded for many things; and not for others.
The article, despite discussing the flaws of another god of the Left who turns out to be a mere mortal,
is about Left-wing duplicity and double standards.
No business man I know could do any one of these misbehaviors even once and get away with it.
As a former oil man - I was personally ASSAULTED for merely working for an Oil Company - but Jobs - hey anything goes...