Apple Fires 800 People Due To Rebate Fraud

A recent Apple hiring spree is now making more sense, as reports are that over 800 employees have been sacked. The cause? When Apple released those $100 iPhone rebates, it turns out that all of these employees partook in them as well. The only problem is, they got their iPhones for free. That’s a huge problem as far as Apple’s concerned, and who’s to blame them? I’m actually quite surprised that so many were actually foolish enough to risk their jobs over the sake of $100! Don’t bite the hand that iFeeds.

We’ve been told that as many as 800 Apple Store retail associates who received free iPhones have also cashed in on the $100 iPhone credit that Apple issued for early buyers. Apple understandably wasn’t too happy about shelling out an extra ~$80,000 to employees who already scored free iPhones, so pink iSlips have apparently been issued to the bunch.

Source: Ars Technica