Blevins, Apple’s vice president of procurement, lost his annual salary for joking in an interview. (Photo/Retrieved from TikTok)
As the saying goes, you can eat indiscriminately, but not talk indiscriminately! Tech giant Apple (APPLE) Blevins (Tony Blevins) was recently interviewed by Internet celebrities, but he joked regarding women, “I own a luxury car, I play golf, I caress women with big breasts, and I don’t have to go to work on weekends and major holidays. “. As soon as the film came out, it aroused criticism from netizens, and even Apple employees complained to the company, which eventually led to his dismissal; it is said that Apple CEO Tim Cook was also quite angry with the content of the film.
Business InsiderAccording to the report, TikTok celebrity Daniel Mac, who is known for his interviews on the “professionals of luxury car owners”, met Apple’s vice president of procurement at the Pebble Beach (Pebble Beach) Auto Show in California on August 18 and started the interview. The video shows Blevins sitting in a $500,000 Mercedes-Benz McLaren (McLaren).
When asked what he does for a living, Blevins replied “I have a luxury car, I play golf, I caress women with big breasts, but I take weekends and major holidays off.” After the film was exposed, it instantly attracted a large number of netizens to watch on TikTok, and at the same time attracted the attention of many Apple employees, who reported the film to the company’s human resources department.
According to “Bloomberg” citing people familiar with the matter, following Apple received the complaint, the video instantly became the subject of gossip among employees and business partners in recent weeks. Cook and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams were also quite angry regarding it. An investigation was launched, which ultimately resulted in Blevins’ dismissal.
In this regard, Blevins told Bloomberg News that “I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize to those who have been offended by my faulty humor.” He also said he was trying to quote the 1981 film “Arthur” Arthur’s classic line “I race cars, play tennis and touch women, but I have weekends off and I’m my own boss”.
