Ezinyangeni ezedlule, sibonile abanye babantu ababaluleke kakhulu enkampanini ezinze eCupertino beshiye amahhovisi e-Apple bezobhekana namanye amaphrojekthi. UJony Ive no-Angela Ahrendts bangabantu ababili ababaluleke kakhulu abake baphuma ebhandeni.
Ekuphumeni kuka-Ive no-Ahrendts manje kungezwe lokho kwe- USekela Mongameli Wezokuxhumana u-Steve Steve Dowling, oshiya inkampani ngemuva kweminyaka engu-16. Njengo-Ahrendts, uDowling ucindezele ukuthi azinikele emndenini wakhe isikhashana ngaphambi kokubhekana nezinselelo ezintsha zobuchwepheshe.
Ukuhamba kukaDowling kuzokwenzeka ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba, ukusiza kwi ukudlulela kumuntu omusha othatha lesi sikhundla, yize ekuqaleni kuzoba nguPhil Schiller ozothatha izintambo. Ngokusho kwemithombo yezindaba eyehlukene, i-Apple isivele yaxhumana nabantu abambalwa abangaqokelwa ukhetho, ngaphakathi kwenkampani nangaphandle.
Nasi isitatimende uDowling asithumele kubasebenzi ababika kuye njengephini likamongameli wezokuxhumana we-Apple:
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-16 ngise-Apple, ama-keynotes angenakubalwa, ukwethulwa komkhiqizo, kanye nobunzima bezinkinga zomphakathi, nginqume ukuthi isikhathi esifanelekile sokushiya inkampani yethu emangalisayo. Lokhu yinto ebengicabanga ngayo isikhashana futhi okugqanyisiwe ngesikhathi sokugcina - nakimi, umjikelezo wokukhishwa wokugcina. Izinhlelo zakhe sezihleliwe futhi iqembu lenza kahle kakhulu njengakuqala. Ngakho-ke, yisikhathi.
UPhil uzohola iqembu okwesikhashana kusuka namuhla, futhi ngizotholakala kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-Okthoba ukuze ngisize ngoshintsho. Ngemuva kwalokho, ngihlela ukuthatha isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuzama okuthile okusha. Ekhaya nginonkosikazi obekezelayo noqondayo nezingane ezimbili ezinhle ezichumayo ebusheni bazo. Ngibheke phambili ekwakheni izinkumbulo eziningi ngazo zontathu lezi sikhathi ngisenethuba.
Ukwethembeka kwami ku-Apple nabantu bayo akunamkhawulo. Ukusebenza noTim naleli qembu, ukufeza konke esikwenze ndawonye, kube yinto evelele emsebenzini wami. Ngifuna ukunibonga ngokuzikhandla kwenu, ukubekezela kwenu nobungane benu. Futhi ngikufisela impumelelo yonke.