AppleInsider has learned that Apple has started to lay off non-seasonal employees in its retail channel outside of Apple Stores.
The layoff news was first disclosed from an email to AppleInsider. The email — which we have since verified through other sources — says that some Apple retail channel employees who work in places like Best Buy stores have received a thirty-day notice about their rights as it pertains to a layoff.
Best Buy and Apple will hire seasonal employees to deal with a push of demand from consumers. Those staffers’ contracts have already expired, and we have confirmed that the layoffs are not from that labor pool, as they are already gone.
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