Apple has put Ashley Gjvik, senior engineer program manager, on indefinite administrative leaves after she posted about sexism within the company. Gjvik's claims about a hostile workplace are being investigated by the company.In an interview with The Verge, Gjvik said that I raised concerns with Apple employees about my years of experience with sexism and hostile work environments, sexual harassment, unsafe working conditions, retaliation and sexism. I asked them to reduce the hostile work environment as they investigated. They initially offered me EAP therapy, medical leave and other options. They said that was absurd and suggested they talk to me and establish boundaries and oversight. I suggested that they give me paid administrative leaves if they had no other options. Instead of setting boundaries, they said they were placing my on administrative leave. They also implied that they didn't want me to be on Slack because I had voiced concerns about certain policies at the company on Slack. They implied that they did not want me to speak one-on-one about my concerns with Apple policies with other women in the company, as I had done.Gjvik sent an out-of-office message to inform colleagues that she was on indefinite paid sick leave by the employee relations department.So, following raising concerns to #Apple about #sexism, #hostileworkenvironment, & #unsafeworkconditions, I'm now on indefinite paid administrative leave per #Apple employee relations, while they investigate my concerns. This includes me not using Apple's internal slack. Ashley M. Gjvik (@ashleygjovik) August 4, 2021Gjvik's claims of sex discrimination at Apple are being investigated for the second time by Apple. Gjvik tweeted screenshots of her earlier investigation. She claimed that the employee relations team found nothing wrong.I wanted to share this: My #bigtech #male #leaders confirmed that #tonepolicing was totally acceptable feedback.As the investigation continues, I decided to tweet what they said was "ok". pic.twitter.com/EImLTjRTBl Ashley M. Gjvik (@ashleygjovik) August 3, 2021Today's #Apple employee relations update is here. Here's my heartfelt email to my #bigtech male leaders in 2018 during Kavanaugh hearings. I requested support for women and to condemn #sexism and #sexualassault. The reply: a text saying "FWIW, RBG thinks he's ok." pic.twitter.com/0GTthZNEgH Ashley M. Gjvik (@ashleygjovik) August 4, 2021The same happened to me at Apple: They offered EAP and suggested medical leaves after I raised concerns about #sexism and #discrimination in the workplace. After I raised concerns about unsafe work conditions, they suggested that I request #ADA #disability accommodations. https://t.co/LW0Ueq1Leb Ashley M. Gjvik (@ashleygjovik) July 30, 2021Apple is currently facing a wave in employee activism. Many women are tweeting their dissatisfaction about the company's culture. Employees demanded an investigation into Antonio Garca Martnez's hiring. He had written a book on Silicon Valley that included offensive descriptions of women. Garca Martnez was fired hours later.The Verge asked Apple for comments but did not receive an immediate response.
