Apple employees have rejected a recent push by CEO Tim Cook to have employees return to the office.
Apple Together, a “global solidarity union,” released an internal petition on Sunday requesting that the Big Tech company allow a flexible remote work option. The request arrived a week after Cook issued a memo announcing that Apple employees would be required to appear in-office at Apple Park in the San Francisco Bay Area three days a week.
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The group demanded that “Apple allows each of us to work directly with our immediate manager to figure out what kind of flexible work arrangements are best for each of us and for Apple” and that “these work arrangements should not require higher level approvals, complex procedures, or providing private information,” according to the petition.
It is unclear how many Apple employees have signed the petition.
Cook released an internal memo on Aug. 15 requesting that all Apple employees in the San Francisco Bay Area come into the offices on Tuesday and Thursday, as well as a third day that employees can choose. Cook said that Apple’s team is excited to start this new program and believes that “this revised framework will enhance our ability to work flexibly, while preserving the in-person collaboration that is so essential to our culture.”
The pushback from Apple employees arrives as other technology companies have updated their policies to allow employees to work from home in the long term. Apple had initially intended to have employees return to the office in February 2022 but has postponed the decision multiple times after changes in the spread of COVID-19. Apple is also likely looking to use its investments into Apple Park more thoroughly, as the company invested several billion dollars into the 175-acre facility in Cupertino, California, which opened in 2017.
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Americans have been asking for the ability to continue to work from home after spending more than a year doing so during COVID-19. The majority of respondents said that they could work from home at least one day a week, according to data released by McKinsey.
