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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, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @04:53PM (8 children)
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Tork on Tuesday July 20 2021, @05:02PM
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 4, Insightful) by vux984 on Tuesday July 20 2021, @07:10PM (3 children)
On average, yes, that strategy outperforms staying with one employer where raises may not come as fast, and those closer you get to the top of the pyramid the fewer openings there are to move up to.
But it's more a case that if you are constantly looking for a new job, you'll eventually find one. And since you aren't going to take a job that is worse than the one you already have, it almost inevitably means a you'll see a rise in income/benefits.
On the other hand, quitting your job, becoming unemployed, and then looking for a new job is an entirely different dynamic -- Your bargaining position isn't nearly as strong. And assuming you've got rent/mortgage, and want to eat regularly you aren't inevitably going to only accept a better job than the one you had, and every day unemployed digs a hole, so that even if you do get a better job at the end it may be a while before you are actually ahead.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @08:00PM (2 children)
So in other words... work every day of your life? In case you miss out on that valuable promotion/raise/chance to impress a douchebag.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @09:28PM
The self-employed would like to have a word with you out back, about working hours and days off. Would you mind? I don't want you bleeding on my linoleum, thanks.
(Score: 2) by vux984 on Tuesday July 20 2021, @10:07PM
No douchebag is going to be impressed by the desperation radiating off you. That is why you fail. :p
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday July 20 2021, @10:14PM (2 children)
Absolutely! Just move to another company named after fruit with a $2E12 market capitalization and global reach. How hard can that be?
(Score: 3, Informative) by Opportunist on Tuesday July 20 2021, @10:17PM (1 child)
What exactly does that do for me? Does that mean more money for me or why should I give a fuck?
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday July 20 2021, @10:41PM
I hear the other ones have blackjack and hookers. Or maybe they're willing to consider adding them [youtu.be] to poached-pear all the Apple employees who are on the fence about leaving.