{"id":227948,"date":"2026-03-26T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/apple-gives-rare-bonuses-to-iphone-designers-to-deter-departures\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:55:12","slug":"apple-gives-rare-bonuses-to-iphone-designers-to-deter-departures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/apple-gives-rare-bonuses-to-iphone-designers-to-deter-departures\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple gives rare bonuses to iPhone designers to deter departures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/26\/apple-gives-rare-bonuses-to-iphone-designers-to-deter-departures\/\">Apple gives rare bonuses to iPhone designers to deter departures<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/26\/apple-gives-rare-bonuses-to-iphone-designers-to-deter-departures\/\">https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/26\/apple-gives-rare-bonuses-to-iphone-designers-to-deter-departures\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-26 17:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"9to5mac.com\">9to5mac.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new report from Bloomberg details that Apple recently awarded \u201crare bonuses to iPhone hardware designers this week.\u201d The bonuses are said to be worth \u201cseveral hundred thousand dollars\u201d and are viewed as a way to deter employees from departing for high-paying startups like OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-1045323\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The bonuses are \u201cout-of-cycle,\u201d meaning they come separate from Apple\u2019s typical scheduled bonuses for employees. They are reportedly worth \u201croughly $200,000 to $400,000 over the full vesting period.\u201d The bonuses come in the form of stock units that vest over four years, so employees must stay at Apple for the full four years to receive the full amount.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Gurman reports:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmployees see the pay bumps as a direct response to a recent uptick in recruiting from startups. Still, the bonuses are a fraction of what OpenAI and others are offering. In some cases, those companies are paying individual Apple engineers roughly $1 million in stock annually to jump ship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the bonuses are unusual, it\u2019s not the first time Apple has taken such a step. During poaching concerns three years ago, the company handed out similar packages, Bloomberg News\u00a0reported\u00a0at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the most notable departures from Apple in recent years was Tang Tan, who departed in 2023. Tan, who held the title of VP of product design at Apple, now works as OpenAI\u2019s chief hardware officer. That OpenAI group has since poached \u201cseveral dozen Apple engineers,\u201d according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best iPhone 17 accessories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Chance<\/strong>:\u00a0Threads,\u00a0Bluesky,\u00a0Instagram, and\u00a0Mastodon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. 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