As Apple reveals its US jobs footprint has grown
to 2.4 million, we pull back the curtain on one of
America’s biggest employers, explore how the
firm has transformed the technology industry,
and explain how anyone can make a living from
Apple and its ecosystems...
2.4 MILLION JOBS AND COUNTING
More than three decades ago, Andy MacKay
and four friends founded Maccor, which today
has earned a reputation as the number one
manufacturer of battery testing systems in
the world. For a company like Apple, battery
testing is critical - in fact, the company cannot
ship a single unit without first ensuring its
batteries are safe and reliable. That’s why, for a
number of years, Apple has depended on the
team at Maccor and its expertise in its field to
power its iPhone battery testing, helping to
create more than 130 jobs in Oklahoma and
Maccor’s new facility in California. That’s just
one of the ways Apple is helping to fuel the
US economy, according to a press release
published by the company last week. Indeed,
Apple says that Maccor is just one of nine
thousand American suppliers currently being
used by the company, with the Cupertino firm
spending more than $60 billion on services
in 2018 alone.
Apple’s commitment to independent American
corporations has helped to support an
incredible 450,000 jobs and all together, the
company has helped to create an incredible 2.4
million US jobs in all 50 US states. That figure has
increased four-fold in just eight years, and with
Apple on pace to directly contribute $350 billion
to the US economy by 2023, Apple has proven
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