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Microsoft wants a peice of Apple and they’ll do anything to get it, even go low as poaching retail store managers from the Apple Stores. That’s right, if you’re a store manager, you’ll finally be asked to choose your allegiance; stick with Apple and sell products that “work” while dealing with people who say “rad, awesome, great, incredible” all the time or leave Apple and possibly get banned from ever buying an Apple product because Steve Jobs will put your name on a list of people that will never get an Apple product sold to them, ever.

The more I hear about Microsoft’s new stores, the more I get the feeling some of the folks at Microsoft just decided, the hell with it, we’ll do what they’re doing, steal their managers and maybe it’ll equate to higher sales. Microsoft definitely needs to come up with their own innovations and hardware to get people into their stores. Stealing Apple store manager won’t make that change. It’s not like stealing away Steve Jobs or, they’re retail store managers, you can find others, some of them who even might actually use a Windows PC.

If I’m a store manager, I take a look at what Microsoft is offering and I leverage that into getting more money from Apple. I say this because, while I do think Microsoft will be somewhat successful with their own store, it won’t come close to what Apple does with their retail stores. Microsoft just doesn’t have enough hardware products to make it work. The success of the store will determine whether or not MS actually sticks to it. If I’m going to manage a store, I’d rather be on the end that’s making money and already has a successful track record. If I can’t leverage higher pay, then it just may be time to head to the other side, especially since the economy still hasn’t picked up yet.

If you were an Apple Store manager, would you leave to join Microsoft for higher pay? How much more would you need to be paid for you you jump ship?

(Via CrunchGear)


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