They will comply with the law and make a lot of noise and not a lot else.
On top of that, a big chunk of the follow the sun on call engineering (SRE) are here that look after global infra and most of the European support operation are in Northern Ireland.
It's not like corporate doesn't know all the tricks already. The only reason they need is whether the UK market is worth the hassle. That's all.
Of course, you may mean these staff are only required to service the UK market...but it sounds like you mean they are valuable to Apple, at which point I am unsure as to why they would not be retained/shifted as appropriate.
Also my apologies, I assumed revenue here. Also thank you, I had not considered staffing, but it makes sense.
You don’t actually need as much money to survive in the UK as the US for example. So there isn’t the motivator to retain high level salaries other than luxury.
It would be “no thanks” and take a 30% cut to go and work somewhere else.
Ah yup, that 100% makes sense and I don't know why I didnt consider it. I should no more than anyone the value of more "key staff" as it were, and the impact a shock to those kind of staff can have.
> You don’t actually need as much money to survive in the UK as the US for example. So there isn’t the motivator to retain high level salaries other than luxury.
I did not know this, I am over in AU and don't know that much about the UK to be honest. I've only heard things in passing about London really and even then all ive heard is "VERY EXPENSIVE, RENT BAD" so thats super interesting.
> It would be “no thanks” and take a 30% cut to go and work somewhere else.
Yes, good for them too. I have taken (including recently) such pay cuts because I have strong opinions of where I will work, or who I will work with.
Thanks for coming back to answer my questions, I found it super informative. I didnt intend to sound aggressive in my first response so i'm glad you did!
Whether it's good for a US corpo to interfere with the stable 1984 progression of the UK is another issue. If I were in a decision making position at Apple I wouldn't want to bother with this either. Just take the easy marketing W and move on. Maybe prepare a plan for market exit just in case they're not satisfied with disabling encryption and demand a global backdoor.