Apple is cutting roles within its corporate retail division, telling staff they must reapply for jobs within the company or else they will be let go.
Employees in Apple's Development and Preservation teams, which handle construction and maintenance of the company's retail stores, were told they must reapply for roles, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Employees were informed of the news last week via a video conference, where management described the news as an org change to help improve support of its stores. Staff are calling it a layoff.
Employees were told they have until Friday to apply for new roles within the company. It's not clear how many roles in total this will affect, but employees in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific regions were impacted, according to a source familiar with the matter.
An Apple spokesperson declined to comment.
Apple has so far stopped short of the layoffs, unlike Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon where tens of thousands of staff have so far been cut. It has, however, taken other measures to trim costs and rein in budgets, Bloomberg previously reported.
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