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Apple just fired a leader of the #AppleToo movement

Another #AppleToo leader is on paid medical leave.

www.theverge.com

Apple has fired Janneke Parrish, a leader of the #AppleToo movement, amid a broad crackdown on leaks and worker organizing. Parrish, a program manager on Apple Maps, was terminated for deleting files off of her work devices during an internal investigation — an action Apple categorized as “non-compliance,” according to people familiar with the situation. The files included apps like Robinhood, Pokémon GO, and Google Drive.

Internally, some employees expressed disbelief that Parrish’s firing could be anything other than retaliation for organizing.

It’s the second time in recent months that an employee has been terminated after speaking out about Apple’s company culture. In September, the tech giant fired Ashley Gjøvik for allegedly leaking confidential information. Gjøvik has filed multiple charges with the NLRB related to how Apple treated her and the broader workforce.

Gjøvik’s latest charge alleges that Tim Cook’s anti-leaking memo might violate US labor law. In September, the CEO sent a note to all Apple employees saying that “people who leak confidential information do not belong” at Apple. He also said the company was doing “everything in our power to identify those who leaked.”

The comments were related to an all-hands meeting on September 17th, which leaked to The Verge.

Apple’s recent actions seem designed to chill worker organizing. In August, employees launched the #AppleToo website to allow workers across the company — including AppleCare and retail — to submit stories about workplace harassment and discrimination. Parrish and Cher Scarlett, an Apple software engineer, then began sharing these stories on Medium.

Parrish declined to comment for this story. Her attorney, Vincent P. White of White, Hilferty and Albanese, tells The Verge: “We can confirm she is no longer with Apple but cannot speak further to address the situation at this time.”

Scarlett is currently on paid medical leave due to internal harassment she’s received while advocating for remote work and pay transparency.

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Verge.

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First Netflix firing the troon, now this?

Is the societal pendulum swinging back?

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Pretty lucky that later this year I’m switching over to the Android side.

How hard is it not leak confidential information even for a company that is a literal sweatshop like Apple?

Spoiler

Microsoft is no angel, too, so don’t get me wrong. Still, the thought remains. Why leak private information from a company you dislike a lot instead of just simply leaving?

 

[The Last Stand]

Fight the power!

NOT THAT POWER!

 

[F_Break]

First Netflix firing the troon, now this?

Is the societal pendulum swinging back?

The useful idiots are finding out what happens when they're no longer useful and making a nuisance out of themselves. Most of the corporate executives and publishers pushing woke shit don't actually believe in it and its hilarious watching these retards turn into the shocked pikachu meme when they step out of line.

 

[CaesarCzech]

Gjøvik’s latest charge alleges that Tim Cook’s anti-leaking memo might violate US labor law. In September, the CEO sent a note to all Apple employees saying that “people who leak confidential information do not belong” at Apple. He also said the company was doing “everything in our power to identify those who leaked.”

The comments were related to an all-hands meeting on September 17th, which leaked to The Verge.

 

[Positron]

That's why college "communists" like Apple.

 

[Sped Xing]

Why leak private information from a company you dislike a lot instead of just simply leaving?

Delusions of grandeur.

 

[totallyrandomusername]

Paid medical leave for having Snowflake Syndrome? Damn. I really do need to get a Job at Apple. That is some cushy shit.

 

[Finder]

These people have some of the best jobs in the entirety of human history and it's still not good enough.

You are/were a PM at Apple, how hard is it to shut up and be grateful?

 

[Unpaid Emotional Labourer]

It is an illustration of how completely exhausted the rest of humanity is with these people that *Netflix and Apple* look like heroes just for not caving to them. Lol.

 

[Gar For Archer]

Pretty lucky that later this year I’m switching over to the Android side.

How hard is it not leak confidential information even for a company that is a literal sweatshop like Apple?

Spoiler

Microsoft is no angel, too, so don’t get me wrong. Still, the thought remains. Why leak private information from a company you dislike a lot instead of just simply leaving?

Megacorps never gave a shit about social justice in the first place. They just started to realize that these kinds of people are a liability, and that it’s less risk to deal with any potential backlash from their firing (which the vast majority of their customers will never hear about anyways and will be forgotten in two weeks by those who do) than to keep them on and have them potentially make more trouble in the future.

 

[Screw Danlon]

Pretty lucky that later this year I’m switching over to the Android side.

How hard is it not leak confidential information even for a company that is a literal sweatshop like Apple?

Spoiler

Microsoft is no angel, too, so don’t get me wrong. Still, the thought remains. Why leak private information from a company you dislike a lot instead of just simply leaving?

Because all these people think they’re the next Edward Snowden/Julian Assange showing the world the evils of the megacorps trying to control them, when really their big secret is “Apple knows most of their consumers are sheep and will buy their product every 1-5 years, even though we know they fuck with our batteries, because there’s still not a good alternative, short of stringing up their CEO’s from rafters.”

 

[Racist Trash]

Didn't know apple had a mandatory Pokemon Go policy.

 

[Haramburger]

Didn't know apple had a mandatory Pokemon Go policy.

All those shinies and event pokemon, gone, like tears in the rain. Time to die black out and retreat to the nearest Pokemon Center.

 

[theshitposter]

Because all these people think they’re the next Edward Snowden/Julian Assange showing the world the evils of the megacorps trying to control them, when really their big secret is “Apple knows most of their consumers are sheep and will buy their product every 1-5 years, even though we know they fuck with our batteries, because there’s still not a good alternative, short of stringing up their CEO’s from rafters.”

come on, their camera & ui are unmatched