|
|
Former Apple Employee Sues After Being Promised Job for Life
Published on:
A former Apple employee, and self-described confidant to Steve Jobs is suing the company for unfair dismissal after he was fired for no apparent reason last December.
After accepting a job with the company in 1998, he claims that he was promised a "job for life" in a private meeting with Steve Jobs in May 2005, when he was an executive producer for the company and was involved in the company's famous set-piece press conferences.
"This express promise by Steve Jobs was consistent with a practice that Steve Jobs had, acting on behalf of defendant Apple, of promising job security to certain key employees who worked directly with him for many years," according to a lawsuit.
He also claims that he was the person who introduced Apple management to the company that developed the Siri voice recognition service.
According to his lawsuit filing, Apple made him redundant last December, just two months after Steve Jobs death, for "business reasons" which were not connected to his performance.
He is suing the company for the losses he claims he has suffered from the share-options being cancelled when he was dismissed. He was offered stock options in 2008 allowing him to buy shares at US$97.40. The shares are now worth around $635 per share, which would net him a substantial profit if he exercised his options.
Apple declined to comment on the lawsuit, which has been filed in California.
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |