{"id":173944,"date":"2022-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/?p=173944"},"modified":"2022-02-01T00:15:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T21:15:06","slug":"8-facts-that-justify-rumors-that-steve-jobs-is-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/8-facts-that-justify-rumors-that-steve-jobs-is-bad","title":{"rendered":"8 Facts That Justify Rumors That Steve Jobs Is Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"line nText\">The world is inspired by the achievements of Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs. We all follow closely what is written and drawn about him.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Almost all of us remember him well, but you may have heard rumors about him as &#8220;a bad guy&#8221; or &#8220;a jerk&#8221;. Yes, maybe establishing the world&#8217;s largest technology company is not an easy task, but this success is not enough for Jobs to cover up his past mistakes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Movies like Pirates of Silicon Valley and Steve Jobs (2015) portray these mistakes boldly. Here are some of them:<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"3264820100\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>1) Jobs had a daughter with ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan in 1978. Her name was Lisa. He denied paternity for years despite testing positive for parenthood.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/z4z2zm.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">He swore in court that he was barren and, naturally, could not be Lisa&#8217;s father. But she also objected to the request to be tested for infertility.<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"3264820100\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>2) 17 years ago, he stopped all philanthropy and social responsibility projects belonging to Apple. It never continued again.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/9ichhv.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">He probably thought it was bullshit. He did not want to spend any more time, effort and money for these projects.<\/div>\n<p><amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"9068969645\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\"><\/p>\n<div overflow=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>3) Another attempt after Apple had to go to financial cuts for Pixar. And he did not compensate any of his fired employees.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/7cpgm8.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">In fact, when Pamela Kerwin, a Pixar employee, objected <i>that &#8220;employees should be informed at least two weeks in advance<\/i> ,&#8221; Steve Jobs said &#8220;okay, but the briefing had already started two weeks ago.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"3264820100\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>4) Steve Jobs faced serious reactions in 2011 by parking his Mercedes in the handicapped parking lot.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/ps68kh.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p><amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"9068969645\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\"><\/p>\n<div overflow=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>5) He set Apple&#8217;s different departments against each other, aiming to motivate the entire company with a perfectionist approach.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/tkrfiu.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">He wanted employees to have the same toxic ambitions he had. He felt it was necessary on the road to success.<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"3264820100\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>6) He used the deficit in the UNOS (International Organ Transplantation Network) system in order to have a liver transplant before others when he was sick.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/hgc5sv.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">This mistake was one of the most unacceptable things.<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"3264820100\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>7) Jobs&#8217; strange behavior towards the candidate during a job interview, as described in Walter Isaacson&#8217;s book:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/vdfp5m.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\"><i><b>&#8220;How old were you when you lost your virginity?&#8221;<\/b><\/i> Steve asked the island. she asked. The candidate was stunned. Steve Jobs insisted: <b><i>&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand what you said, are you a virgin or not?&#8221;<\/i><\/b> The candidate was confused as to what to do. Realizing this, Jobs changed the subject, <b style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;How many times have you taken LSD*?&#8221;<\/b> she asked. (*A drug called lysergic acid diethylamide)<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"3264820100\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Andy Hertzfeld recalls, <i>&#8220;The poor guy was blushing. So I went straight to the technical questions to change the subject.&#8221;<\/i> Steve Jobs, who spoke hoarsely in his answers to technical questions, got bored and stepped in to make his teammates Smith and Hertzfeld laugh: <b><i>&#8220;Gobble, gobble, gobble&#8230;&#8221;<\/i><\/b> (turkey voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">The poor man said <b><i>&#8220;I think I&#8217;m not the right person for this job&#8221;<\/i><\/b> and left.<\/div>\n<p><amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"9068969645\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\"><\/p>\n<div overflow=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>8) He used to make jokes about &#8220;you&#8217;re fired&#8221; to his employees in the office environment. When he got angry or didn&#8217;t get what he wanted, he didn&#8217;t hesitate to break the heart of the other person.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/c98h8y.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"empty-line\" class=\"nText \">Nobody wanted to meet him, especially in the elevator. Every time he got into the elevator, he always made jokes about &#8220;you&#8217;re fired&#8221;.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world is inspired by the achievements of Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs. We all follow closely what is written and drawn about him. Almost all of us remember him well, but you may have heard rumors about him as &#8220;a bad guy&#8221; or &#8220;a jerk&#8221;. Yes, maybe establishing the world&#8217;s largest technology company is not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":138308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17222,17571],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}