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Apple employees have written an open letter to CEO Tim Cook, stating that their “experiences with the People team in dealing with harrassment and discrimination” have left them vulnerable. Employees working for tech giant Apple have published an open letter, documenting concerns about their privacy as well as the way in which HR teams have handled abuse, discrimination and harrassment claims within the company. Alleging that hundreds of workers have documented their stories of mistreatment using “internal channels”, the staff now express that they are calling attention to their experiences publicly to “show how much better [Apple] can do”. In particular, employees have called on the firm to fulfill its promise of inclusion, diversity, and equity and to create a work environment where everyone feels safe. Apple workers claim their privacy has been breached through the expectation that workers should sync their personal iClouds to their work devices, resulting in many workers’ personal data being expected to be searchable by Apple. As such, staff call for written HR policies which would state cause to be necessary before Apple is permitted to search through personal accounts. Furthermore, in such cases, workers, the letter states, should be informed of their right to
