Gary Allen, writing at IfoAppleStore:
But according to those with close ties to the retail stores,
Browett feels the stores are “too bloated” with employees, and he
is willing to gamble the stores’ legendary customer experience to
gain back a few points of profit margin. Browett’s decision
reportedly came despite strongly-worded advice from Retail segment
veterans that reducing personnel ahead of the annual
Back-to-School promotion and the September introduction of the
iPhone 5 could create a customer service catastrophe. Browett
disagreed with his staff, and said the chain needs to learn to run
“leaner” in all areas, even if the customer experience is
compromised. […]
Update: Within 24 hours of this posting, a story by The Wall
Street Journal stated that Browett had admitted the personnel
changes were a mistake and the changes had been rescinded.
However, he denied that any employees had been laid off.
“Even if the customer experience is compromised” are Allen’s words, summarizing what he heard from his sources, not Browett’s. But if they’re accurate, it’s hard to conclude anything other than that Apple made a terrible decision hiring him.
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