Ondrej Holzman Apple is set to complete the current financial quarter acquisition of Beats Electronics, and so both companies started working on connecting their departments. Apple confirmed it had already started offering Beats employees jobs at its Cupertino headquarters, but also said some would lose their jobs.
Apple executives have visited the Beats headquarters in Southern California several times in recent weeks to offer local employees positions with the Apple company. At the same time, they told others that they were not counted on in the acquisition.
“We're thrilled that the Beats team is joining Apple, and we've offered each of their employees contract extensions. However, due to some duplicate positions, the offers are only for a limited time for some employees, and we will work hard to find permanent positions with Apple for as many of these Beats employees as possible," said Apple about the whole matter.
Beats development and creative staff are expected to move directly to Apple's Cupertino headquarters, but the California-based company plans to keep the Santa Monica office open, where select engineers working on the streaming service will continue Beats Music. According to previous information, mainly hardware engineers will move to Cupertino, who will report to Phil Schiller.
Existing members of the Beats support, finance and HR departments will have a harder time looking for a position at Apple. Apple already has these positions filled, so it either said goodbye to some employees, is looking for alternatives with others, or offered them a contract only until January 2015.
In addition to the human resources themselves, Apple has already started working on the implementation of Beats Music technology into the iTunes infrastructure. According to server information 9to5Mac however, the Beats technology is not fully compatible with Apple's existing servers, so parts of it will need to be rewritten and redesigned.
The latest information also says that, in addition to the top representatives of Beats - Jimmy Iovino and Dr. Dre — will also be moved by other high-profile men whose fates have not yet been confirmed: Beats Music CEO Ian Rogers and Beats Chief Creative Officer Trent Reznor.
