Apple workers in the Bay Area are pulling back on their return-to-the-office plan
Some Apple workers in the Bay Area are now petitioning the upcoming back-to-the-office plan announced last week.
As first reported by Bloomberg and the Verge last week, Apple employees based in Silicon Valley will now have to work in the office three times a week starting Sept. 5 — after a year-long, protracted launch that was repeatedly delayed by the lawsuit . peaks during the pandemic. It’s among the stricter return-to-the-office policies in Big Tech, with other big companies like Meta embracing (or not explicitly opposing) remote work.
And now Apple Together, an internal organization that has been a vocal opponent of the company’s back-to-office plan, has launched a petition calling for “more flexible arrangements”[ads1]; for its workers, arguably the most public protest against the tech giant.
“This unified mandate from senior management does not take into account the unique requirements of each job role or the diversity of individuals,” the Apple Together petition said.
The company’s core claim: to allow employees to work with their managers to determine an optimal remote work schedule without “higher-level approvals, complex procedures or providing private information.”
“The one thing we all have in common is wanting to do the best work of our lives for a company whose official stance is to do what’s right rather than what’s easy,” the Apple Together petition says.
The petition has more than 400 signatories as of Monday afternoon, but it is unclear how many of these are from employees.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment from SFGATE.
