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Apple Employees Threaten to Quit as Company Takes Hard Line Stance on Remote Work

posted by janrinok on Tuesday July 20 2021, @04:43PM   Printer-friendly

upstart writes:

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."

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  • (Score: 2) by Opportunist on Tuesday July 20 2021, @05:54PM (3 children)

    by Opportunist (5545) on Tuesday July 20 2021, @05:54PM (#1158343)

    Seriously, how on earth is it relevant where I put my cadaver when I'm working? Anything I do I can do from literally anywhere on the planet as long as that place has a stable internet connection.

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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by c0lo on Tuesday July 20 2021, @05:59PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 20 2021, @05:59PM (#1158349) Journal

    What is it with companies wanting warm bodies?

    They don't like to fuck cold bodies, can you blame their taste?

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @08:08PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @08:08PM (#1158404)

      It is much more satisfying yelling at people in person and watch them cower every day knowing they hate being here but still sit there in fear until exactly 5.01pm.

      • (Score: 2) by Opportunist on Tuesday July 20 2021, @10:11PM

        by Opportunist (5545) on Tuesday July 20 2021, @10:11PM (#1158469)

        The day I start caring about the emotions of PHBs is the day I kill myself.