Quora has an interesting Q&A, “What it’s like to work for Tim Cook,” with answers from anonymous Apple employees, such as:
My experience with Tim was as a report of one of his direct reports. He interviewed me. I participated in weekly revenue reviews with him. This was the basis for my perspective.
1. No one knows the detail of their business better than Tim. And you’d better know the detail of your part of his business as well.
2. Your life is your work. Your work is your life. There is no such thing as work – life balance.
3. There is no time for small talk, only purposeful communication in small bite-sized pieces.
4. Charm is for bracelets.
5. Building your career through job changes makes you a job hopper (read: untrustworthy). Endurance rules.
Read more in the full Q&A here.