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Apple asks its San Diego Siri quality control team to relocate to Texas (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I’m sure women will be stoked to have Apple relocate them to a state that could kill them.

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 141 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (15 children)

Google is dropping the Assistant team, and Amazon is dropping the Alexa team. This sounds a lot like Apple is trying to avoid an explicit layoff and forcing employees to quit instead.

Constructive dismissal lawsuit?

Edit: see this comment https://sopuli.xyz/comment/6157509

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not constructive dismissal, because the goal isn't to place the burden on the employee. On whatever date, they will all be terminated without cause (layoff) if they choose not to relocate. There is no goal of forcing them to quit. Presumably, Apple has filed (or will file in due time) things like the WARN Act notification.

This is a PR move to hide the layoffs from the general public, but not from the law.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Ah that's helpful context, thank you!

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