Apple employees demand change in internal company practices in open letter:

"workers have gotten a lot of pushback in trying to have group concerns be heard outside of what is selected for Townhall Q&As within various organizations. This has left many feeling unsure of who to trust, and who to go to for help on concerted concerns shared by multiple workers in which there is no precise activity or persons to report through individual avenues, such as our PBP or managers."

"Hundreds of us have documented our stories of abuse, discrimination, and harassment. Hundreds of us have documented reporting our stories through internal channels, and receiving no relief."

"We are asking for an unbiased third-party audit of Apple's reporting structure, People and Employee Relations teams, Business Conduct, and all executive leadership. We want a thorough re-investigation of all reports and results of racism, discrimination, abuse, harassment, concerted activity suppression, and retaliation following this audit."

"Apple’s policies on privacy and device linking also ensure that when we do seek recourse, we risk our personal privacy being invaded. When we seek leave or accommodation through Apple’s mental and physical health partners, we are asked to release broad scope personal medical information to Apple and any of Apple’s agents for a blanket period of two years. Apple prides itself on its privacy policies, yet it feels as workers, our privacy is of no concern."

"Apple Workers are aggressively "encouraged" to sync their personal iClouds to their devices. This has resulted in many workers' personal data being expected to be searchable by Apple, per their policies … An iCloud account using Corporate email accounts should be provided to keep workers’ personal data private for those who wish to opt-out of iCloud @ Apple. For workers who wish to opt-in, the policies should be clear that workers have the right to privacy with everything outside of the Apple Work folder … Workers who require devices should have a dedicated number and be allowed a personal device unlinked from Apple’s corporate ecosystem, including not publishing personal phone numbers in Apple Directory. Employees have been harassed on their personal phone numbers as a result of this policy."

https://appletoo.us/letter/