A group claiming to represent Apple employees is organizing with the goal of exposing the alleged discrimination and harassment that occurs at the company.
The group is called “Apple Too,” and on Monday it began calling on current and former employees to share their stories about workplace misconduct at the iPhone maker.
“Apple workers are coming together to talk openly about issues we want addressed in our workplace. Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation happen at #AppleToo,” reads a tweet from the group.
The Apple Too group also created a website that claims many employees have faced various forms of injustice at the tech giant. However, Apple’s “culture of secrecy” is allegedly blocking efforts to solve the problems.
“When we press for accountability and redress to the persistent injustices we witness or experience in our workplace, we are faced with a pattern of isolation, degradation, and gaslighting,” the website reads.
“No more. We’ve exhausted all internal avenues. We’ve talked with our leadership. We’ve gone to the People team. We’ve escalated through Business Conduct. Nothing has changed. It’s time to think different,” the website adds.
One of the group’s members appears to be Cher Scarlett, an Apple software engineer who recently created a survey to examine the wage gap between employees of different genders and backgrounds. This occurred after Apple terminated two earlier surveys from employees that were also attempting to examine pay inequities at the company.
“Two pay transparency surveys have been shut down in the past 6 months at Apple. I won’t be intimidated. We have the right to collect this data amongst ourselves,” Scarlett tweeted this month.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Apple Too group follows other organizing efforts at Amazon, Google and Microsoft to oppose company leadership on matters including workplace harassment, environment policies, and partnerships with the US government. In some cases, the unrest caused the company to shift gears, like Google did when it abandoned a Pentagon contract to create an AI system for military drones. In other cases, the organizing can be met with alleged retaliation.
