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2024

Mass layoffs in Silicon Valley units

On March 28, 2024, Apple announced a reorganization of its Silicon Valley units in California. As part of this process, hundreds of employees will be cut, which will be the first wave of mass layoffs in the company after the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is noted that the restructuring will affect eight Apple offices, and a total of 614 people will lose their jobs. At least 87 dismissed specialists were involved in the project to develop next-generation displays. The rest of the employees who fell under the program were listed in offices associated with the implementation of the canceled Apple electric unmanned vehicle project. In particular, 371 employees from the car team are fired at Apple's Santa Clara office. In total, almost 2,000 people were involved in the car project, including designers and hardware developers.

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According to available information, various positions have been abolished, including managers of mechanical workshops, hardware engineers and design engineers. In some cases, members of the Apple automotive group were transferred to other teams, in particular, to the divisions for work on artificial intelligence technologies and the creation of personal robotics. Reduced employees will receive monetary compensation and other payments in accordance with current legislation.

It is noted that Apple has filed layoffs with the California Department of Employment Development in accordance with the Employee Adaptation and Retraining Notification (WARN) procedure. It provides that employers must notify employees and state representatives 60 days before a mass dismissal. Thus, the reductions come into force on May 27, 2024.^[1]

White hacker hired by Apple stole millions of dollars from the company

One of the white hackers hired Apple to improve cyber security exploited one of the vulnerabilities and thus stole $2.5 million. dollars This became known in early February 2024. More. here

2023

Apple security chief tries to get gun clearance for 200 iPad bribe

On August 25, 2023, the 6th California Circuit Court of Appeals reopened the case against Apple security chief Thomas Moyer, who is accused of trying to bribe police officers. Read more here.

US accuses Apple employee of transferring "huge amounts" of technology to China

On May 16, 2023, the US Department of Justice formally indicted a former Apple employee in the case of stealing "huge amounts" of data and trying to transfer it to China. Read more here.

Dhirendra Prasad gets 3 years in prison for stealing $17 million in electronics parts

On April 26, 2023, the US Department of Justice announced that former Apple employee Dhirendra Prasad was sentenced to three years in prison and a large fine for conspiracy to defraud. Read more here.

Labor laws changed to build Apple plant in India

For the sake of building an Apple plant in the Indian state of Karnataka, labor laws were changed. Now the region allows 12-hour shifts and night work for women.

2022

Recognition of Dhirendra Prasad in receiving kickbacks of $17 million from customers

On November 1, 2022, former Apple worker Dhirendra Prasad pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud. Damage due to numerous deception schemes amounted to more than $15 million. Read more here.

Apple top executive fired for botched TikTok joke

At the end of September 2022, Apple Vice President Tony Blevins, who led all purchases and negotiations with suppliers, was fired from the company due to a video on social networks. Read more here.

2021

Apple gave several employees bonuses up to $180 thousand

On December 29, 2021, it became known that Apple issued bonuses to employees in shares of up to 180 thousand US dollars in order to prevent the leakage of talented personnel to competitors like Meta.

According to the agency, for recipients, bonuses came as a surprise, the amount of remuneration ranged from 50 thousand dollars to 180 thousand dollars. Bonuses were issued to employees who demonstrated high performance.

The action is non-public in nature, representatives of the company refused to comment on the information^[2]

Apple paid compensation to store employees who checked bags after shift

In mid-November 2021, Apple satisfied a class action lawsuit in the amount of $29.9 million from over 14 thousand employees of its stores in California, who were forced to undergo a bag check after the end of the working day. Read more here.

Apple forced unvaccinated employees to take tests for COVID-19 every day

At the end of October 2021, Apple continues to tighten the rules for the COVID-19 pandemic for unvaccinated employees. The company will require its unvaccinated office employees to undergo daily COVID-19 tests. There are fewer requirements for unvaccinated retail employees, but they will have to take tests twice a week, and vaccinated employees in both cases will have to take an express test once a week without the possibility of delay even for a day.

Apple will begin forcing unvaccinated corporate employees to be tested for COVID-19 every time they want to enter the office, which tightens virus control protocols within the company, but is not a mandatory vaccination requirement. The new requirement will also apply to employees who refuse to tell Apple about their vaccination status, they will by default be listed as unvaccinated people, the company told employees on October 20, 2021. Vaccinated employees will have to undergo rapid tests once a week.

Apple requires unvaccinated employees to take COVID-19 tests every day

Meanwhile, there will be slightly different rules for Apple retail store employees. Unvaccinated employees will be asked to be tested twice a week rather than every day they come to work. Vaccinated employees will also have to take a rapid test every week.

According to the memo, which was sent to all Apple employees, the new rules will come into force on November 1, 2021. The company asks employees to report their vaccination status by October 24, 2021, which is a delay compared to the previously set deadline in mid-September 2021. Until October 22, 2021, employees will also have to present evidence of their status. The manufacturer outlined these rules in emails to corporate and retail employees.

Employees will be able to get tested at home in the company's offices and retail stores and report results through the company's internal app. Apple is slowly moving towards introducing a vaccination requirement for its employees on remote form and has not separately put forward any requirements for them on October 21, 2021.^[3]

Ford hires head of Apple auto business to develop software and digital technology

In early September 2021, Ford hired former AppleDoug Field as chief advanced technology and embedded systems officer. Read more here.

Apple forces employees to wear breast cameras to combat leaks of trade secrets

At the end of June 2021, it became known that Apple is forcing some of its employees to wear breast cameras similar to the Axon Body 2 police DVR. FrontPageTech reports that in this way Apple is trying to stop the leakage of commercially significant information about new devices and technologies.

This measure is primarily aimed at restricting access to confidential information to well-known insiders, such as, for example, John Prosser. DVRs capture everything that employees do at their workplaces and allow them to keep trade secrets. Presser has already released a video about this, where he spoke about the increased pressure from Apple, and confirmed that he never paid for information. Earlier, the company also threatened lawsuits against a Chinese informant under the nickname Kang and 3D designer Jermaine Smith, who published high-quality renders of potential devices.

Apple forces some employees to wear Axon Body 2 breast cameras to combat leaks of trade secrets

FrontPageTech doubts that the new measures will help Apple avoid information leaks, given that the news about police breast cameras came from employees of the company itself. Still, Apple is unlikely to back down on strengthening privacy controls. In March, the company even asked its production partners, such as Foxconn and Wistron, to begin a criminal background check for all employees working on the assembly line. Those with criminal records will be denied access to assembly lines where products that have not yet been released are produced. It is known that all visitors to Apple production facilities must present state-issued identification to the guards. Security guards should also monitor the movement of employees who have access to components of products that have not yet been released.^[4]

Apple employees protest against returning to the office from remote work

In early June 2021, Apple employees opposed the company's new policy, which requires them to return to the office for three days a week, starting in September. About 80 Apple employees drew up a letter asking management to independently determine the format of the work.

The letter reached the addressees just two days after Apple CEO Tim Cook urged employees to return to the office from remote work. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday were allocated for work in the office, the remaining two days most employees were allowed to work remotely.

In early June 2021, Apple employees opposed the company's new policy, which requires them to return to the office for three days a week, starting in September

Considering that earlier Apple was not at all ready to let employees go to remote work, the company's management made concessions. However, Apple's policies still look incredibly conservative compared to other tech giants. For example, Twitter and Facebook have already told employees that they will be able to continue working remotely even after the end of the pandemic.

It is noted that Apple executives and employees have different attitudes towards remote work. The authors of the appeal indicated that due to the decisions of the management, unable to listen to the wishes of their colleagues, "they have to choose between family, good health and loyalty to the Apple brand."

The appeal was sent out at the end of the working day on June 4, 2021. In the chat "Supporters of remote work," where the letter was created, there are about 2800 participants. At the same time, about 80 people were involved in the compilation and editing of the appeal. The authors noted that the use of remote work is of paramount importance for the activity and involvement of employees in company projects.

To ensure true inclusivity, we must realise how different we all are and how our needs, preferences and conditions for working effectively differ, they said.[5]

Apple is looking for engineers to develop 6G communication technology

In mid-February 2021, Apple posted ads to find research engineers to develop the next generation 6G technologies. Job descriptions say the corporation is looking for employees who will "research and develop next-generation wireless systems for radio access networks" and take part in industry/academic forums focused on 6G technology. " They also note that the new team member will have a unique and useful opportunity to develop next-generation wireless technology that will have a profound impact on future Apple products.

In this position, you will be at the center of the advanced research team responsible for creating the next generation of breakthrough radio access technologies of the next decade, the announcement says.

Apple began looking for engineers to develop 6G communication technology

Apple added support 5G iPhone in 2020, but the 6G is not expected to appear until 2030. The released iPhone 12 and 12 mini were the first in Apple's lineup to use 5G modems. Apple was still not the first company to implement the technology in, it smartphones was identified, and Samsung Xiaomi others.

According to Bloomberg, Apple plans to participate in the development of the 6G in the early stages, which only confirms its interest in next-generation networks. The technology is understood to have the potential to deliver speeds more than 100 times faster than 5G.

Also in 2020, Apple joined the Telecommunications Industry Solutions Alliance (ATIS), an industry group that aims to provide North America with long-term leadership in mobile technology. ATIS members include Charter, Cisco, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Keysight Technologies, LG, Mavenir, MITER and VMware.^[6]

2020

Charging Apple's security chief with bribery

On November 23, 2020, Apple security chief Thomas Moyer was accused of trying to bribe police officers with iPads. Details of the charge are cited by the Santa Clara district attorney's office. Read more here.

Apple returns employees to offices, refusing to remove before the end of the year

On May 13, 2020, it became known that Apple was returning employees to offices, thereby taking a different path than Google and Twitter, which allowed staff to work remotely.

According to Bloomberg, Apple is gradually restoring offices. At most, by the beginning of June 2020, employees of the company's headquarters and large representative offices will return to work.

Apple is going to gradually restore the work of offices

First, those who cannot fully work from home, including developers of new devices, will be returned to offices. In July 2020, the rest of the employees of the American corporation around the world should return to the usual fulfillment of their duties.

In the United States, the timing of return to work in different states will take into account the peculiarities of local regulation, the agency's sources noted. Apple will begin notifying employees at what stage they will have to go to work in mid-May. At the same time, the publication notes that the timing of the abolition of the remote mode of operation may change and depend on the decisions of local authorities.

In early March 2020, most Apple employees in offices around the world were transferred to work remotely due to the threat of the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. The company also closed stores and began opening them in May. By mid-months, Apple Stores in Idaho, Alabama, Alaska, as well as in Southern California should earn again. In total, Apple has more than 500 stores around the world.

According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, the resumption of work in offices implies social distancing, the use of personal protective equipment and control of the body temperature of employees. The possibility of regularly testing Apple employees for a new type of coronavirus is being considered.^[7]

2019

Why Apple is hiring top cardiologists

In October 2019, the company Apple continued to hire top cardiologists to promote its initiatives in the region. health care More. here

Tim Cook: We're proud half of Apple employees don't have a college degree

In March 2019, Apple CEO Tim Cook admitted during a meeting with the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board that approximately 50% of Apple employees do not have a higher education.

Since our company, as you know, was founded by undergraduates, we never considered higher education to be something mandatory. We have always tried to expand our horizons. About half of our staff in the United States last year did not have a basic higher education. And we are very proud of this, - said Tim Cook during an event attended by American President Donald Trump.

Tim Cook says half of Apple employees don't have a college degree

We're seeing a divergence between the skills we've learned in colleges and the skills we think we need in the future... We identified programming as a key skill, "said Tim Cook.

Dice notes that the head of Apple spoke about all employees of the company, including those who work in retail points of sale. For them, higher education is clearly not a mandatory requirement.

According to Tim Cook, every child should undergo a certain level of programming training before graduation. More areas are dependent on certain technical challenges as the number of jobs that can be replaced by artificial intelligence grows, he added.^[8]

The head of Apple also spoke about the company's Everyone Can Code curriculum, which by March 2019 was launched in 4,000 schools and 80 secondary vocational education institutions. The initiative allows schoolchildren to learn how to program and develop applications for iOS devices. Everyone Can Code is taught not only in the United States, but also in some European countries.

Apple spends $150 million annually on flights of employees from San Francisco

In mid-January 2019, it became known that Apple spends a total of $35 million a year on employee flights from San Francisco to Shanghai. This is the cost of 50 business class seats for daily flights.

These figures were shared by the United Airlines largest airline offering its services at San Francisco International Airport. While Apple products are known supply chains China Tim Cook to be developed by Apple employees in California, most of the company is based in. In addition, Apple's CEO notes that China is the second-largest market for the company's products. Do not forget that Shanghai is a transshipment point on the way to Zhengzhou and Shenzhen, which are called "cities" in terms of the iPhone amount of electronic equipment produced here.

Apple is United Airlines' biggest customer at San Francisco International Airport

In total, Apple spends $150 million on flights from San Francisco. The most popular destinations, according to United Airlines, include Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, London, South Korea, Singapore, Munich, Tokyo, Beijing, Israel.

However, these figures do not cover the full scale of what is happening. Apple Park in Cupertino is the headquarters and face of Apple, but the company's offices have covered not only the United States, but the whole world. In addition, some senior employees who have to travel regularly on company business, such as Tim Cook, fly private rather than commercial airlines.

Ultimately, $150 million a year is not a particularly significant amount when calculating a share of Apple's total revenue. Considering that by the beginning of 2019 Apple has more than 130,000 employees, 50 people who fly to Shanghai every day make up only 0.00038% of the company's total workforce.

Other regular customers of United Airlines, who spend over $34 million on employee flights, include Facebook, Roche, Google.^[9]

2018

Apple stopped requiring higher education when hiring

In August 2018, the major recruiting agency Glassdoor presented the results of a study in which it named large companies that stopped requiring higher education when hiring. Among such corporations are Apple, IBM and Google. Read more here.

Apple equips new headquarters with standing workplaces and chairs for $2,500

The new California headquarters of Apple Park, nicknamed the "spacecraft" for its futuristic look, provides a standing workplace for each employee of the corporation. This was announced in early June 2018 by Apple CEO Tim Cook during the David Rubinstein show on Bloomberg TV.

We provided our employees, absolutely everyone, with special tables for standing work. When you can stand a little, then sit down, and so on, it is much more beneficial for health, "Cook quotes Business Insider.[10]

Vitra Pacific chair

In one of his previous public appearances, the head of Apple, referring to the opinion of doctors, called the sedentary lifestyle "the new cancer," referring to the harmful consequences of hypodynamics. Then, at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco in 2015, Tim Cook also spoke about the function of the Apple Watch smartwatch, which reminds its owners every hour of the need to move.^[11]

Chair by Naoto Fukasawa

Concern for the comfort of Apple employees in the new headquarters, the construction of which, according to rumors, cost the company more than $5 billion, is not limited to standing jobs. Apple Park offices, common areas and cafes are equipped with elegant expensive furniture, often made to order specifically for Apple. In particular, the staff has Vitra Pacific office chairs worth $1,200 each, as well as wooden chairs from Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa for $2,500.

Standing workplace

Apple did not respond to a request from Business Insider to clarify the brand and model of standing tables. Earlier, the details of the interior decoration of Apple Park were reported by the online resource Wired. Journalists published several photos in which you can see the workplaces of employees with countertops attached to the wall, and control buttons that allow you to raise and lower the countertops.^[12]

Average employee experience - 5 years

In April 2018, it became known that Apple employees have been working for about 5 years. Those on the company's staff can expect to buy Apple products at a discount, attend concerts for free with the most famous artists, help from doctors and massage therapists, and access to AppleCare College, which pays students to study. Read more here.

Apple surrenders employees to police for data breaches

In 2017, Apple identified 29 employees responsible for leaks of important internal information of the company. 12 people who "poured" information were arrested. This became known from a note published on Apple's corporate blog on April 13, 2018.

As Apple admitted, among the perpetrators of the leaks are employees of contractors and partners of the American corporation, as well as immigrants of Apple itself.

Apple threatened employees with dismissal for leaking information in the media

These people not only lose their jobs, but in the future they may face great difficulties when trying to get a job in a new place. The criminal consequences of leaks are quite real, "Bloomberg quotes from an Apple note.[13]

Apple urged employees to stop sharing internal information about the company's plans, threatening lawsuits and criminal prosecution.

Leaks of information about the new product can negatively affect sales of previous models, give competitors more time to prepare a response product and reduce the volume of sales of new products after their debut.

As Apple's vice president of product marketing Greg Joswiak emphasized in a note, the company wants to be able to talk about the merits of its new products itself, and not that someone does it for it, and not in the best way.

Apple is known for its extreme stealth in product development. In 2012, the head of the corporation, Tim Cook, promised to redouble the company's efforts to keep information about upcoming new products secret, but despite this, leaks to the media continue.

In 2017, in an attempt to stop the leaks, Apple held a confidential meeting with employees, but this did little to change the situation: since then, Bloomberg and other agencies have published many articles on new software developments and yet to be released models, smartphones iPhone smartwatches, Apple Watch tablets, and iPad AirPods headphones other "apple" devices.

Award announced for information about Apple bus shooters

In March 2018, California bus operator Storer Coachways announced a $10,000 reward for information that will help catch one or more unknown persons who fire air guns at charter buses running along I-280 and delivering Apple and Google employees from San Francisco to offices in San Jose.

In addition, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) launched decoy buses, hoping with their help to attract intruders and force them to impersonate.

Known about 20 cases of shooting at Apple buses

In January 2018, from the publication of The Guardian, it became known about at least five attacks on buses carrying Apple employees. As a result of the incidents, shuttle windows were broken, but people, fortunately, were not injured.

The Mercury News, citing data from the California traffic police, reports seven confirmed cases of shooting at buses chartered by Apple and Google, which occurred in January and February 2018. In addition, in a February interview with the publication, Sergeant Robert Nacke said that information on several more episodes is being specified.^[14]

Investigators say there is no evidence that the attacks are aimed at the transport of a particular company, since there are no special marks on the buses.

Meanwhile, news outlet ABC7 News, also referring to CHP, disseminated information about 20 shootings as of February 28, 2018. In an interview with reporters, the representative of the California traffic police Ernest Sanchez said that the police have a description of the car, which is allegedly related to the attacks, and that law enforcement officers are taking all measures to catch the attackers.

We send a clear signal to those involved in the shooting: capture is only a matter of time, and the perpetrators will certainly be punished to the fullest extent of the law, Sanchez stressed.[15]

Hatred of others and shelling of Apple buses

In January 2018, the windows of at least five buses carrying Apple employees from San Francisco to its California office were shattered in an alleged shooting at buses with air guns.

According to The Guardian, the first incident occurred on the evening of January 12, when a bus was carrying employees from an office in San Francisco. A few days later, on the morning of January 16, three more Apple buses were attacked, after which the attack repeated in the evening of the same day. The incident was reported in an Apple service letter to the staff, the content of which the journalists got acquainted with.

The bus delivering Apple employees

While not officially confirmed yet, it is suspected that air gun fire was opened at buses during the incidents. Fortunately, no one has been hurt so far, Apple said in a statement.

The incident was confirmed by PR representative of the California Road Patrol Service Art Montiel.

We received several reports of damage to Apple-chartered buses while driving along the I-280 highway, but we are not yet sure what exactly the reasons are behind this. We are considering all options, - said the policeman in an interview with The Guardian.

According to Montiel, it is impossible to say for sure that Apple was the target of the attacks, since there are no special marks on the buses. With equal success, it could be any other company, the law enforcement officer believes.

At the same time, corporate buses differ in colors. For example, Google it transports its employees on white shuttles, Apple - silver, Facebook and blue. There were no reports of attacks on the transport of other companies to the police, Montiel noted.

Apple has notified employees that buses will be redirected along a different route in connection with the incidents, but Montiel noted that in the event of a targeted attack on the company, this is unlikely to help, since it will not be difficult for attackers to track the buses.

The publication could not receive official comments from Apple.^[16]

Breaking windows on Apple buses could be another aggravation of the long-simmering conflict with opponents of the so-called gentrification (from the English "gentrification") - a complex change in the urban environment that occurs as a result of the relocation of wealthy citizens to those areas of the city that were previously either populated by members of the lower classes, or were in a state of decline and represented an abandoned industrial zone. As a rule, this process is accompanied by the reconstruction and renovation of old buildings, and as a result - an increase in real estate prices.

Protesters block Apple bus, 2013

In California, tech corporation buses have become emblematic of gentrification and class inequality. According to disgruntled townspeople who have repeatedly staged spontaneous rallies blocking the passage of corporate buses carrying Silicon Valley staff to nearby San Francisco and Oakland, the relocation of high-paying employees of tech giants to these cities has inflated rental prices and homes in the area, making them inaccessible to those who cannot boast of a six-figure salary.

During past protests, demonstrators, as a rule, limited themselves to standing in the way of buses with posters in their hands, preventing them from being sent along the route. However, it is also known about at least one case of vandalism. It occurred in 2013 in Oakland. Then outraged people broke the window of one of Google's corporate shuttles, transporting employees to and from their place of work, CNET reports.^[17]

2017

iPhone X was assembled by student practitioners, working overtime

Apple Corporation confirmed that one of its key production partners, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., part of the Taiwanese Foxconn Technology Group, attracted trainee students to assemble flagship smartphones iPhone X, and they illegally worked overtime, Bloomberg reports on November 21, 2017. Foxconn also acknowledged that students were recycled at some of its factories, noting that it was against the company's own policies. At the same time, the company stressed that it has already taken measures to correct the situation and prevent this in the future. Read more here.

Apple is among the leaders of the list of IT companies from which they want to quit

In October 2017, Blind's anonymous communication service conducted a survey showing that Microsoft and Apple are the IT companies whose employees want to quit more.

To determine which corporations' employees were least satisfied with wages, Blind users were asked a series of questions about work and monetary compensation, the most revealing of which were: "Do you think your work is adequately paid?" and "Would you like to change your place of work?."

Among the top 10 of such a rating of IT companies, employees of Netflix, Dropbox and Facebook are especially satisfied with their salaries: more than 70% of respondents answered that they receive a good salary, and are not interested in changing jobs in the near future.

Companies in which employees are satisfied with salaries

Netflix ranks first: about 85% of respondents believe that their work is adequately paid by the company, followed by Dropbox and Facebook - about 80% of respondents are satisfied with the salary.

More than half of Apple and Microsoft employees who took part in the survey admitted that they were not satisfied with their salaries and were open to more profitable offers.

Companies whose employees want to quit

Of the same top 10 IT corporations, Microsoft ranks first in terms of the number of employees seriously thinking about changing jobs: about 75%. This is followed by Amazon - about 60%, Apple and Google - about 55% of respondents consider their wages not high enough.

According to Business Insider, the survey cannot reflect the opinion of all employees, since it covers only a small part of the staff - users of the Blind application. It is also likely that it is among the participants in the service of anonymous communication of employees that the percentage of dissatisfaction with their work is highest, however, statistics from Netflix and Dropbox show that this state of affairs is not relevant for all companies.^[18]

Apple will spend $1 billion on US jobs to please US President Trump

Apple intends to invest $1 billion in the development of high-tech production in the United States. This was announced by the head of the company Tim Cook (Tim Cook) in an interview with CNBC. Later this month, the company will announce who will be the first to receive funds from^[19] fund it has created^[20].

Cook explained that with this money it will be possible to create vacancies directly in production, which will entail the emergence of new jobs in the service sector. "It's like circles on water," said the head of Apple. The company is going to take the necessary billion from its "American money." "They're going to have to be borrowed to get them," Cook said, referring to U.S. tax policy that makes it harder to repatriate Apple's overseas capital.

Cook again recalled that in total, Apple contributed to the creation of 2 million jobs in the United States. 80 thousand of them were created directly in the company, the rest - in the ecosystem of suppliers and developers associated with it.

Foreign media believe that the investment decision was made to avoid future conflicts with US President Donald Trump. Trump is putting pressure on companies to force them to "return jobs to the United States" and start investing in domestic production, writes The Verge.

2015: Payment of a penalty for personnel collusion with other IT companies

In mid-January 2015, Apple, Adobe, Google and Intel announced their intention to pay compensation of $415 million to pre-trial settlement of a class action lawsuit accusing IT companies of personnel conspiracy.

A lawsuit filed back in 2011 on behalf of 64 thousand employees of Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe claimed that these employers secretly agreed not to poach employees from each other, thereby limiting for them the possibility of salary growth and finding a more attractive job in a competing company.

According to Lucy Koch, in the case of conspiracy to obstruct the employment of workers, there is enough evidence of violation of antitrust laws, as a result of which, without a pre-trial settlement, Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe face a fine of $9 billion or more.

Technology companies claim that in recent years, their employees' salaries have increased, so that even in the case of any employers' agreements, employees' incomes have not been undermined.

2014: Collusion with Google to fix employee salaries

In April 2014, Apple agreed to settle claims that the company conspired with Google over salaries for its employees so that they would not have reason to move from one company to another, in the hope of increasing their income.

2011: Banning lunches for store employees and salary delays

The Supreme Court of California awarded the lawsuit filed in 2011 against Apple the status of a collective, and now more than 20 thousand real and former employees of the manufacturer of iPhone and iPad can join it, reports TechCrunch^[21].

The lawsuit was filed by former Apple store employee Brandon Felczer and three of his colleagues who accused the employer of violating the California Labor Code.

In particular, the plaintiffs said that Apple does not allow them to take breaks and does not allow them for lunch, and also delays the payment of wages.

One of the plaintiffs complained that Apple makes 5 hours work without a break, and the other - to delay the fee for up to 2 days. The plaintiffs' representative in court, Tyler Belong, said that some employees were deprived of a break for 7-8 hours at all. We are talking only about those employees who receive a fee based on the amount of time worked.

The plaintiffs demand that Apple be held accountable, but do not demand monetary compensation from it.

Meanwhile, in relation to Apple, proceedings are underway in another case - related to the payment of hourly work of employees of company stores. They are angry that the company will not make up for the time that security searches them on their way out of stores.

2010: Trial of an employee who received kickbacks from suppliers

In August 2010, Apple's global supplier manager, 37-year-old Paul Shin Devine, was charged with bribery and wire fraud. According to the investigation, having joined Apple in 2005, Devine for several years used his position to access classified corporate information and transferred it to six Asian manufacturers of accessories for iPhone and iPod, which increased their chances of getting contracts. The names of the companies are not disclosed, but their location is indicated: South Korea, China, Taiwan and Singapore.

Charged in the case by federal authorities on Aug. 13, Devine was remanded in custody without the possibility of posting bail. In addition, Apple filed a civil lawsuit against its employee. The company accused Devine of receiving bribes and kickbacks for several years, the total amount of which exceeded $1 million. Apple said it adheres to strict corporate standards, will not tolerate such behavior and excludes all excuses in such cases.

An internal investigation found that Paul Devine used free mailboxes on Hotmail and Gmail, sending sensitive information that was of interest to accessory manufacturers from his work laptop. He sent the money received for this to his accounts in American and foreign banks. The FBI joined the investigation of this case. It is not yet known what punishment can be imposed on the accused.

1998: Jobs imposes ban on staff from speaking to press

In the days of Gil Amelio, intentional leaks to the press, organized by some Apple employees, often forced the CEO to change his policy. Under Steve Jobs, it all stopped. Shortly after his appointment as interim CEO, Jobs imposed a blanket ban on employees from speaking to the press. All this, along with layoffs from key posts, helped avoid a split within the company.

Over the years, Jobs' policy of closed press has formed a halo of secrecy and constant interest around the company, and the presentation of the next products was accompanied by surprises each time. Strictly dosing information flows outside the company, Jobs kept all publications under his control.

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