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No, Apple has a proud tradition of firing talented people, running the company into the ground, then rehiring the same people via acquisition.

Um, > running the company into the ground

how so?

By putting the former head of Pepsi in charge, letting him push out Jobs, and then putting the company in such a dire financial situation that when they rehired Jobs, he had to go to Microsoft for a bailout.

Jobs hired that guy to be CEO.

Jobs hired Sculley as CEO, then disagreed with him, attempted to have the board kick him out, instead had the board turn against Jobs himself, was stripped of his roles, and quit.

They were running Apple to the ground in the 80s and then kicked Steve Jobs out in 1985.

Jobs starter Next which was acquired by Apple in 1997, bringing Jobs back home.

Hence gp’s comment about Apple’s long history of doing this…

I'm not sure doing it once counts as a tradition or long history, but zinger I guess.

"Since 1985!"

> Also they can't just make exceptions for "talented" people, I guess.

Why not though?

> Also they can't just make exceptions for "talented" people, I guess.

They already do. It requires SVP approval.