Apple risks employee revolt with new return to office policy
Apple asks corporate employees to return to the office three days per week
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Applehas become the latest tech company to require its workers to return to the office.
As of September 05, the Cupertino-based firm will require its corporate workers visit the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, as well as a third regular day that should be determined by workers and their supervisors.
Silicon Valley-based employees will be among the first to be affected, before the company’s policy rolls out more widely.
Previously, Apple had decided that the third day should be a Monday, however it appears that the company is willing to extend a certain level of flexibility to its employees.
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Apple first expressed an interest in returning to the workplace back in June 2021, when it toyed with the idea of implementing a three-day-a-week policy, however rising Covid-19 cases reduced this to a two-dayhybrid workingpolicy.
News of the new three-day policy comes just weeks after the company relaxed its office common area face mask policy, and several months after the relaxation of face masks at individual desks.
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These changes, and June’sWWDCevent, signal some return to normal for the company, though rumours suggest that Apple’s September event, which is expected to reveal new iPhones and Apple Watches, is being pre-recorded.
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Overall, Apple’s return to work policy has proven more strict that those ofMicrosoft,Amazon, andGoogle’s parent Alphabet, which have until now been fairly open toremote working setups.
In May, a group of employeespublished an open letterexpressing their distaste and accusing Apple of being driven by a “fear of worker autonomy” and a “fear of losing control”. Later, the company’s head of AImade for the exit, reportedly over a connected dispute.
Apple’s plans remain far less strict than those of Tesla’s Elon Musk, though, who a couple of months agotold all workers to return to the officeor face the sack.
ViaBloomberg
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