( CNN ) -- Apple CEO Steve Jobs is back on the job after a six-month medical leave , the company said Monday . Steve Jobs , Apple 's CEO , is back at work , a company spokesman said Monday . `` Steve Jobs is back to work . He is at Apple a few days a week and working from home the other days , '' Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said . `` We 're glad to have him back . '' Dowling would not comment further on specifics . Jobs 's return may do little to quell the tech community 's obsession with his health and future role at the hip tech company . Bloggers and tech-news writers are asking many questions about Jobs ' return , including : Would Apple be fine without its famous chief executive ? What does Jobs ' health mean for Apple stock ? And why has Jobs ' health been such a drooled-over story ? Jobs , a 54-year-old pancreatic cancer survivor , had a liver transplant about two months ago . Apple , maker of the iPhone , iPods and Mac computers , had remained mum on Jobs ' status except to repeat , over and over , that Jobs would return to work by the end of June . There have been online posts by CNBC and the UK 's Telegraph saying that Apple 's chief executive made a brief return to the company 's Cupertino , California , headquarters last week . But the timing is n't the most important piece of this story . What Jobs means to Apple and to the tech world has more impact . Here 's what some of the online community is saying : . The BBC has an interesting post on why Jobs has become such a tech rock star and why personalities are so important in the tech community : . `` A big part has to do with how he has transformed Apple and its products into some of the most talked-about in the world . And , of course , there is the whole issue of his health five years after his battle with pancreatic cancer and what it means to the future of this publicly-traded company , '' Maggie Shiels writes on the site 's dot.life blog . `` Mr Jobs appears to be a complete enigma . He does n't give interviews ; he is described as a genius and a visionary ; he does n't want to talk about the past and he only wants to focus on the future . '' Apple has done just fine without Jobs -- and because of him , according to Alex Pham of the Los Angeles Times . `` Although such prominent investors as Warren Buffett fretted last week about the company 's future without its charismatic chief executive , longtime observers say Jobs has built an institutional mirror of himself in Apple with senior executives who share many of his values and outlook , '' Pham writes . Some say Jobs ' return will have little effect on the direction Apple takes in the near term . `` He 's an iconic figure that everybody wants around . He 's the world 's greatest salesman and that 's irreplaceable , '' Gene Munster , a senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray , told CNN . `` But as far as the product direction and the product quality , the road map for the next five years is already in place [ at Apple ] . '' PC Magazine takes a similar slant , writing Jobs likely will start a new role at Apple upon his return . He 'll be less of the company 's day-to-day face and more of its visionary . `` Things will be very different for him and his team , '' Tim Bajarin writes for the magazine . `` Part of the reason is that Jobs has had a near-death health issue to deal with , and he may now realize that his most important role will be to create a vision that can be carried forward for decades , not just the next product cycle . '' Some bloggers have criticized Apple for not saying more about Jobs ' illness . The chief executive 's health affects the company 's stock price , and investors should be kept more in the loop , writes Bill Taylor , a blogger at the Harvard Business Review . Taylor also says Apple 's corporate culture -- which is based around Jobs ' charisma -- is out of date . `` Jobs , for all of his virtues , clings to the Great Man Theory of Leadership -- a CEO-centric model of executive power that is outmoded , unsustainable , and , for most of us mere mortals , ineffective in a world of nonstop change , '' he writes . The Silicon Alley Insider further blasts Apple for its silence on Jobs ' health . The blog also says it 's unclear exactly when Jobs will return to work . `` Apple continues to maintain its ludicrous stance that Steve 's health and future role at the company is just a private matter -- not a major question and concern for investors , customers , and employees , '' the blog says . `` In reality , it is both : A private matter AND material corporate information . And Apple needs to climb out of its reality distortion field and start treating it that way . '' What do you think ? Is Jobs ' health and return to work a big story ? Is it overblown ? Should there be more empathy in media coverage of a sensitive health issue ? Have your say in the comments below .
NEW : Steve Jobs , Apple 's CEO , returned to work this week . NEW : Jobs will be in the office several days a week and also working from home . Jobs , 54 , a cancer survivor , has been on medical leave for six months . Bloggers say Apple should release more information about Jobs .