Friday, 15 October 2021

Apple reportedly just fired another employee who brought attention to issues at the company

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers a keynote during the European Union's privacy conference at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 24, 2018. — Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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Apple just fired a staffer who helped organize employees at the company, The Verge reported.
Janneke Parrish was an Apple Maps program manager who helped create the #AppleToo worker movement.
Apple recently fired another staffer who complained of intimidation. Apple said she leaked confidential information.

Apple has reportedly fired an Apple Maps program manager who was one of the organizers of an internal worker movement, according to a report from The Verge.

Janneke Parrish was part of the group of Apple staff who created the #AppleToo website, which enabled staff across the company to report personal stories that could "help expose persistent patterns of racism, sexism, inequity, discrimination, intimidation, suppression, coercion, abuse, unfair punishment, and unchecked privilege."

According to The Verge, Parrish was fired "for deleting files off of her work devices during an internal investigation." The files in question are said to be apps, and only three are named: Robinhood, Google Drive, and Pokemon Go.

Parrish is the second employee in recent months tied to ongoing reports of internal strife at the notoriously secretive smartphone maker who has been let go.

In mid-September, Ashley Gjøvik was fired for what Apple said was a failure to comply with an investigatory process, Gizmodo recently reported. The investigation, according to the report, was into a series of photos she had shared on social media which contained Apple's "Intellectual Property."

The photos are said to contain selfies of Gjøvik taken by Apple's internal security app, Glimmer, and a series of emails containing publicly available information.

Apple didn't respond to a request for comment as of publishing. Through her lawyer, Parrish confirmed she is no longer employed at Apple but declined further comment.

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