We are formally requesting a question about employee churn due to remote work be added to exit interviews.
We are formally requesting a company-wide recurring short survey with a clearly structured and transparent communication / feedback process at the company-wide level, organization-wide level, and team-wide level, covering topics listed below. We are formally requesting that Apple considers remote and location-flexible work decisions to be as autonomous for a team to decide as are hiring decisions. Here are the specific asks outlined by employees in the note: “For inclusion and diversity to work, we have to recognize how different we all are, and with those differences, come different needs and different ways to thrive,” they say. About 80 people were involved in writing and editing the note.Īpple employees say that embracing remote work is paramount for the company’s diversity and inclusion efforts. The letter, addressed to Tim Cook, started in a Slack channel for “remote work advocates” which has roughly 2,800 members. “Messages like, ‘we know many of you are eager to reconnect in person with your colleagues back in the office,’ with no messaging acknowledging that there are directly contradictory feelings amongst us feels dismissive and invalidating.It feels like there is a disconnect between how the executive team thinks about remote / location-flexible work and the lived experiences of many of Apple’s employees.” “Over the last year we often felt not just unheard, but at times actively ignored,” the letter says. Both Twitter and Facebook have told employees they can work from home forever, even after the pandemic ends.įor some Apple workers, the current policy doesn’t go far enough, and shows a clear divide between how Apple executives and employees view remote work. Yet it’s still more conservative compared to other tech giants. It’s an easing of restrictions compared to Apple’s previous company culture, which famously discouraged employees from working from home prior to the pandemic. They can also be remote for up to two weeks a year, pending manager approval. Most employees can work remotely twice a week. The move comes just two days after Tim Cook sent out a note to Apple employees saying they would need return to the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays starting in the fall. Without the inclusivity that flexibility brings, many of us feel we have to choose between either a combination of our families, our well-being, and being empowered to do our best work, or being a part of Apple.” “That Apple’s remote/location-flexible work policy, and the communication around it, have already forced some of our colleagues to quit. “We would like to take the opportunity to communicate a growing concern among our colleagues,” the letter says.
Staff members say they want a flexible approach where those who want to work remote can do so, according to an internal letter obtained by The Verge. Apple employees are pushing back against a new policy that would require them to return to the office three days a week starting in early September.
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