Amaya Toman Ukuxoshwa—ikakhulukazi uma kungalindelekile—akuyona imbangela yokugubha, okungenani kusisebenzi esixoshiwe. Esitolimendeni sanamuhla sochungechunge lwethu oluvamile "lomlando", sikhumbula usuku lapho ukudilizwa okukhulu kwalandelwa umgubho ongalawuleki e-Apple.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Kubantu abaningi kwa-Apple, uFebruwari 25, 1981 kwakuwusuku olubi kakhulu emlandweni wenkampani, futhi uphawu lokuthi isiko lokuqalisa elijabulisayo lezinsuku zokuqala lalingasekho unomphela. Ngaleso sikhathi, inkampani ye-Cupertino yayiholwa nguMichael Scott, owathi, ebheka abasebenzi abangaba yizinkulungwane ezimbili, wanquma ukuthi inkampani isanda kukhula ngokushesha. Ukwanda kuholele ekutheni i-Apple iqashe abantu ebingabacabangi abadlali “A”. Isixazululo esisheshayo nesilula ngesimo sokudilizwa kwabantu abaningi cishe sazinikeza sona.
Igalari yezithombe
"Ngathi uma ngiyeka ukuba yi-CEO ye-Apple, ngizoyeka," UScott utshele abasebenzi bakwa-Apple ngaleso sikhathi mayelana nokudilizwa. "Kodwa manje sengiwushintshile umqondo wami - uma ukuba yi-CEO kungasajabulisi, ngizovele ngixoshe abantu kuze kube mnandi futhi." Uqale ngokubuza abaphathi bomnyango uhlu lwabasebenzi u-Apple angadiliza. Ube esehlanganisa la magama encwadzini eyodwa, wasakaza uhlu, wacela ukuthi kuqokwe abantu abangu-40 okufanele bakhishwe. UScott wabe esebaxosha yena mathupha laba bantu emsebenzini owaziwa ngokuthi yi-Apple "Black Wednesday."
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Okudidayo ukuthi, lo mcimbi ubungomunye wenqwaba yokudilizwa okwenzeka e-Apple ngenkathi yenza kahle. Ukuthengisa kwakuphindeka kabili cishe nyanga zonke, futhi kwakungekho zinkomba zokuthi inkampani yehla kakhulu kangangokuthi kwakuzodingeka ukuthi kuqalwe ukudilizwa ngobuningi. Ngemuva kwegagasi lokuqala lokudilizwa, uScott wenza iphathi lapho enza khona lo mugqa ongadumile wokuthi uzodiliza abantu kwa-Apple kuze kube mnandi ukuphatha inkampani futhi. Ngeshwa, kuvela ukuthi ukudilizwa kuyaqhubeka ngisho nangesikhathi sephathi.
“Kusenjalo abaphathi bebezungeza isixuku becofa abantu emahlombe ngoba kuvele ukuthi bebengakaqedi ukuxosha abantu. kukhumbula uBruce Tognazzini, owayesebenza njengomklami wesixhumi esibonakalayo ngaleso sikhathi. Ngemuva koLwesithathu Olumnyama, izisebenzi eziningi zakwa-Apple zazama ukwakha inyunyana ngaphansi kwegama elithi Computer Professionals Union. Umhlangano wabo wokuqala awuzange wenzeke. Kubantu abaningi kwa-Apple, lokhu kwaphawula isikhathi lapho i-Apple ishintsha isuka ekubeni yisiqalo esijabulisayo yaba inkampani ebucayi enomfutho wokufuna imiphumela.
Ngamanye amazwi, kwakuyisikhathi lapho u-Apple efika eminyakeni yobudala. Umsunguli we-Apple uSteve Wozniak ubesendleleni ephumayo. USteve Jobs wagunda izinwele zakhe ezinde waqala ukugqoka njengosomabhizinisi. Kodwa iBlack Wednesday iphinde yamemezela ukuqala kokuphela kukaScott esikhundleni sakhe - kungakapheli sikhathi esingakanani exoshiwe, uScott wabelwa esikhundleni sokuba iphini likasihlalo webhodi labaqondisi benkampani.
