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2022-05-01 -Great Cultural Revolution

Ending WFH is 'RACIST'! Apple staff tell CEO Tim Cook that forcing them back to the office will make tech firm 'younger, whiter and more male-dominated'

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

'Apple Together,' a group of about 200 Apple employees, wrote an open letter on Friday condemning the company's choice to bring staffers back to its offices

CEO Tim Cook wrote in an email to staffers that they would need to work in the office one day a week, gradually ramping up to three days a week by mid-May

The group said that the shift back to in-person will make the company 'younger, whiter, more male-dominated, more neuro-normative [and] more able-bodied'
But older workers are more likely to have work-appropriate attire and trustworthy vehicles, so arguably it will actually work the other way round.
They said it will lead to 'privileges' - like location, age, race and gender - 'deciding who can work for Apple, not who'd be the best fit'

Posted by Skidmark 2022-05-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 One step away from outsourcing, kiddies. Show up in the office.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-01 06:34|| 2022-05-01 06:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Considering the problems they are having w/Foxcon et. al., I think P2K has it best. I have no sympathy.

Posted by Nguard 2022-05-01 07:52|| 2022-05-01 07:52|| Front Page Top

#3 'younger, whiter and more male-dominated'

you say that like it's a bad thing.....

Posted by Mercutio 2022-05-01 09:10|| 2022-05-01 09:10|| Front Page Top

#4 who'd be the best fit

Notice they don't say most capable or hardest worker or anything else. Just some vague quality that implies group identity.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2022-05-01 12:49|| 2022-05-01 12:49|| Front Page Top

#5 neuro-normative

Not to be confused with neurologically normal.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-05-01 12:50|| 2022-05-01 12:50|| Front Page Top

#6 #1 P2K is exactly right. I did supervise a department in India for several years and was quite impressed with their work ethic and intelligence. AND they worked for less than 30% of the cost in the USA. So develop your skills, Apple workers. You have to be at least 3x as valuable as an Indian employee to justify your existence to the Finance staff.

Posted by Tom 2022-05-01 13:13|| 2022-05-01 13:13|| Front Page Top

#7 neuro-normative = not fucked up

Posted by KBK 2022-05-01 21:25|| 2022-05-01 21:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Why is a younger work force a problem? Whiter and male-dominated is obviously awful, but younger?

Posted by SteveS 2022-05-01 21:38|| 2022-05-01 21:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Why is a younger work force a problem?

Because they're stupid?

Posted by Skidmark 2022-05-01 23:08|| 2022-05-01 23:08|| Front Page Top