Apple employees threaten to quit as company takes hard line stance on remote work:
Apple employees claim the company is not budging on plans to institute a hybrid work model for corporate workers and is in some cases denying work-from-home exceptions, including one accommodation covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
In June, Apple announced a hybrid work schedule that will see employees return to the office for three days a week starting in September, a shift toward normal corporate operations after the pandemic forced a lengthy work-from-home period. Days later, participants of what is assumed to be the same remote work advocacy Slack channel cited by The Verge asked more flexibility, saying that working from home brings a number of benefits including greater diversity and inclusion in retention and hiring, tearing down previously existing communication barriers, better work life balance, better integration of existing remote / location-flexible workers, and reduced spread of pathogens.
That request was flatly denied. In a video to employees late last month, SVP of retail and people Deirdre O'Brien toed the company line on remote work policies, saying, "We believe that in-person collaboration is essential to our culture and our future. If we take a moment to reflect on our unbelievable product launches this past year, the products and the launch execution were built upon the base of years of work that we did when we were all together in-person."
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @04:50PM (4 children)
"and reduced spread of pathogens."
*sigh* What a bunch of Marys.
Almost makes me want Western civ to collapse just to see these people realize how useless they truly are.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @04:58PM (2 children)
Don't worry! Western civ is being saved on our behalf by overweight white guys in camo that can barely read. Your welcome libs.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @06:45PM (1 child)
I'll take them over overweight men with blue hair and soy face.
(Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @07:57PM
Maybe they could get a room and have their little sub/dom experience there.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @07:03PM
Is MDC's ghost trying to say something here?