My companies makes chips for Apple. A large number.
And yes, we are basically owned by Apple. We give them everything they want.
It’s foolish to think Apple is a great American company. I’ve worked in this industry 21 years now. American supplies hate working with them, but bend over backwards for them just for the money.
Perhaps the owners of your company need to read "The Art of the Deal" and negotiate a better deal, or go elsewhere. I don't think Tim Cook is as good as Trump at making deals. Why are you working for such a company? Answer - steady income, as long as Apple is buying your products you are employed. Same situation applies to any provider of services for any company, not just for Apple. Negotiate a better deal or don't accept it.
If they are SO bad as a customer, fire them. Go win other customers.
I get so tired of whiners about how tough it is to win in free markets.
It reminds me of many of the immigrants I’ve worked with from France, India, Russia and elsewhere — they yearn for the old country where everybody had a job, you didn’t have to work hard, work hours where short during the week, fantastic benefits and social safety net. Yet they still come to the United States. Why?
Free markets and capitalism are brutal, no doubt about it. You either beat the competition or go out of business (unless you get the government to keep you afloat with subsidies).