Exactly. There’s probably some VP under him who’s like 60 and feels like he’ll never get a shot at Phil’s role. And some 40 year old Director under him who has been waiting for a promotion to VP forever, and managers under her, and so on. All on hold because it has to be the same cast of characters at the top for a decade. When the Old Guard calcifies and doesn’t bow out gracefully, it logjams an entire tree of employees hoping to become the New Guard.
> And some 40 year old Director under him who has been waiting for a promotion to VP forever
As far as I know, that would be Ann Thai, product director for App Store and Apple Arcade.
This is good as it’ll encourage people to hopefully leave and start other competitive ventures. Hubris destroys all human endeavors, why should businesses be immune to it?