A few weeks after Apple started requiring workers to spend at least a couple of days in the office, many employees are unhappy.
The return-to-office policy that Apple implemented after the COVID outbreak was not liked by most Apple workers.
A survey was conducted by Blind, which collected responses from Apple employees from April 13 to 19. The work status of the respondents was verified by their Apple corporate email addresses.
Apple's hybrid work plan, which requires corporate workers to come into the office once a week, may be having a hard time with employees. Workers must go into the office three days a week on May 23, when in-office attendance is set to increase.
Many Apple employees had been working from home for two years. They will seek jobs at other tech companies that offer more flexible work arrangements now that they have no commute.
A large number of workers claim that they are looking to leave Apple because of its office requirement. It is not clear how many will carry through with it.
Apple didn't respond to questions about employee retention.
A worker who only worked for Apple for a few weeks is hesitant to go to the office even for a short period of time. The worker asked if he could put apple on his resume if he only worked 3 weeks.
Another Apple employee stated in a Blind post in March that they are quitting due to toxic company culture, a lack of work-life balance, and infections at the office.
According to Rick Chen, director of public relations at Blind, most of the users are corporate workers in engineering or product roles.
Some of Apple's hourly workers are unhappy. Tech news site The Verge reported in December about the mentally taxing conditions they face.
The Apple Cumberland Mall store in Atlanta became the first to file for a union election as part of an effort for better wages and benefits.
Apple employees are not the only ones. A survey of 2,121 workers from all industries found that there was a slight preference for remote work. A third of hybrid and remote workers quit or switched jobs.
The Harris Poll found that 49 percent of respondents were satisfied with their current work situation. Some workers are more prepared to change jobs than others. 15% of hybrid- or office-working respondents plan to change jobs to be more virtual. Only 7% of hybrid or remote workers are looking for an in-person job.
Some Apple employees are looking at the timing of their expected bonuses in order to find a job. They wanted to wait to get them before looking for other jobs.
One employee posted on Blind is tone-deaf. I expect to see a lot of people quit as soon as the cash arrives in their accounts on the 15th of April.
The pilot plan for hybrid work will come into effect on May 23. Apple is going to see attrition like no other come June according to another worker. The majority of my team doesn't live near the office. They are not coming back.
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