Apple's Phil Schiller Works 80 Hours a Week Overseeing App Store

Nobody works 80 hour weeks. It’s just that these people have a weird interpretation of what constitutes “work”. I recall reading an article about some exec and they even considered their meals to be “work” if they thought about work even a bit, it was really stretching the definition. If that’s how you interpret it, a lot of us in this industry are working much longer hours than what we get paid for. IDK about others but I don’t have an “off” switch in my head.

I don’t know what exactly he’s doing spending all this time though. There are no positive results to show, including for Apple itself (it gets embarrassed quite often by App Store mess-ups).<p>Whoever’s actually been in charge of the App Store and running it has been doing a terrible job for a long time. Unpredictable app review durations, unpredictable app review feedback, unpredictable and grossly wrong app rejections, not handling reports about really malicious apps (that either charge like tens or hundreds of dollars per week or violate App Store rules on privacy or do something else that’s bad)…the list is quite long.<p>Apple hasn’t invested as much as it should on the App Store. This leaves it with disgruntled app developers, disgruntled customers and disgruntled governments.<p>It seems like it’s a bit too late for Apple to salvage this situation. Years and years of neglect in the pursuit of profits is finally catching up. Without an overhaul of the entire team right from the top, this down slide is not going to be arrested (it’s questionable it could be even with an overhaul, because of Apple’s thinking process and blind spots).

What a loser. Retire with your billions and spend some time with your family or something.

Sounds like the dude needs to learn how to delegate

I love when &lt;works ridiculous hours&gt; is presented as some kind of flex. It isn’t. It is a reliable indicator of chronic mismanagement, not only of their own time, but of the time and capability of everyone else around them. Guaranteed these folks didn’t get their job on actual merits - possible perceived merits, sure, but again guaranteed that scratching the surface will reveal all kinds of nasty.<p>In this case - the App store is a case in point. It is a financial success despite, not because of its’ management, and the many myriad of ills that beset the App store (and have been for a very long time) clearly show this to be the case.

Hey Phil, you&#x27;re doing it wrong.

Can you really do excellent work when you work 80 hrs a week? If you have to do hands-on work then I can see how someone might be a bit more productive. But executives are supposed to plan and let their department execute. I would have thought that someone at his level would be better at delegating.

That&#x27;s sad, I hope things improve for him soon.

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I thought he stepped down to take the role of fellow and Joz took his old marketing job? Two very competent people I will say.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com&#x2F;leadership&#x2F;greg-joswiak&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com&#x2F;leadership&#x2F;greg-joswiak&#x2F;</a>

How many of those hours are spent golfing with other executives?

Clap. Single.