Apple Employees Create Petition After Company Calls For Remote Workers To Head Back To The Office

Apple employees have kicked off a petition requesting that they be allowed to work from home amid the company’s return-to-office mandate.

Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook issued a deadline to all company workers, calling for them to be back in the office for at least three days a week, starting Sept. 5. In response to the policy, workers clapped back in the form of a petition, saying they are doing just fine working from home as they would in the office, demanding “location flexible work.”

The petition — called Apple Together — was put together by a group of workers at the company, who claim they’ve been doing “exceptional work” during the pandemic and after, in spite of not being in the office.

“This uniform mandate from senior leadership does not consider the unique demands of each job role nor the diversity of individuals,” the petition states. “Those asking for more flexible arrangements have many compelling reasons and circumstances: from disabilities (visible or not); family care; safety, health, and environmental concerns; financial considerations; to just plain being happier and more productive,” it went on.

According to an April survey, 76 percent of Apple employees have responded poorly to the return-to-office mandate.