IT House April 30 news, April 12, Apple employees in the United States began to return to the office, ending the two-year work-from-home policy during the epidemic. Currently, they work one day a week in the office, but according to company policy, employees will need to work in the office at least three days a week until May 23.
However, some employees don't seem to want to go back to the office yet. According to 9To5Mac, these people are advocating for the well-being and rights of employees under an organization called "Apple Together." In a letter to company leadership on Apple Together on Friday, employees urged leadership to be more flexible.
In this letter, employees want to still be able to keep working remotely, and explain why:
We (Apple) tell all our customers how strong our products are in terms of telecommuting, but we can't use them ourselves for telecommuting, so what will customers think? If we don't actually experience it, how can we find out what is wrong with the product under telecommuting?
In addition, the letter notes that commuting is a "waste of time and mental and physical resources," as well as debates about the impact of mixed models on employee diversity. "This will make Apple younger, whiter, and more male-dominated" and will lead to "the privilege of deciding who can work for Apple, rather than who is best suited."
Or as Steve Jobs said, 'There's no point in hiring smart people and telling them what to do.' We hire smart people, and they can tell us what to do. We're smart people you hire and we're telling you what to do: there's no one-size-fits-all solution, let's decide how best to work, let's do the best job of our lives.
IT House understands that while many tech companies have implemented policies for some employees to work from home permanently, Apple is not one of them. Apple has made it clear that employees will eventually need to return to the field to work and collaborate.
Apple CEO Tim Cook told employees in June 2021: "Although many of us have separated, the truth is that we have achieved some important achievements in the past year. To be sure, video teleconferencing narrows the distance between us, but some things simply can't be replicated. ”