#AppleToo: Apple employees level accusations against the company
Apple is facing allegations of racism, sexism and abuse. Current and former employees are reporting said instances under the hashtag #AppleToo.
The accusations being levelled by current and former Apple employees are steep. You can find them under the hashtag #AppleToo, on Twitter and on a website of the same name. The target of these accusations, Apple, is the most valuable brand in the world. The allegers are making their grievances public after reportedly having exhausted all internal avenues to no avail. Cher Scarlett, a security engineer at Apple, has emerged as the main voice of the movement.
By her own account, she has published over 500 stories from current and former Apple employees, piece by piece, on the movement’s official Medium blog.
We’ve exhausted all internal avenues. We’ve talked with our leadership. We’ve gone to the People team (Editor’s Note: Apple’s HR department). We've escalated through Business Conduct. Nothing has changed.
In her first post, Cher Scarlett shares five accounts from Apple employees. These, like 75 per cent of all the stories, speak of discrimination and abuse. An employee in the United Kingdom alleges he «wasn’t black enough» for Apple. One woman reports on a manager abusing his position. Apple must now face these accusations and others, though none of these incidents have been confirmed yet.
So far, Apple has only briefly commented on the allegations, neither confirming nor denying any of them. Apple has, however, appealed to employee privacy. Reportedly, all allegations are being recorded and will be investigated in detail.
As #AppleToo gains momentum, other employees are complaining about employee privacy and corporate censorship. In short: there’s growing unrest in Cupertino. We will, of course, continue reporting on the situation as it develops.
The presumption of innocence applies.
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