Apple has fired Ashley Gjøvik, a senior engineering program supervisor who’s been outspoken about her experiences working for the tech big. Gjøvik stated she has skilled sexism and a hostile work surroundings whereas working for Apple and spent months speaking to the corporate about it. According to tweets from Gizmodo’s Dell Cameron, Apple requested Gjøvik for a chat this afternoon. When she requested for the dialog to happen by way of e-mail so there could be a written report, although, Apple replied that she had “chosen not to participate in the discussion.” She was then fired hours later.

In a tweet from early August, Gjøvik stated she was placed on indefinite paid administrative depart after elevating issues about sexism within the office and having an unsafe and hostile work surroundings. Further, she was discouraged from utilizing the corporate Slack the place she’d been overtly criticizing Apple. Her complaints in opposition to the tech big embrace being requested to make her tone much less authoritative throughout shows. She was additionally allegedly informed that it was “ok” that she obtained complaints for her variety coaching, together with ones discovering her “too hard on the white man.” 

By the top of August, Gjøvik filed a grievance in opposition to Apple with the US National Labor Relations Board, alleging 13 situations of retaliation in opposition to her. In her submitting, she stated she skilled office harassment. She additionally stated her supervisory duties had been re-assigned to colleagues, whereas she was given undesirable duties. 

In a press release she informed The Verge, it appears wasn’t unprepared to be fired. She stated: “When I began raising workplace safety concerns in March, and nearly immediately faced retaliation and intimidation, I started preparing myself for something exactly like this to happen. I’m disappointed that a company I have loved since I was a little girl would treat their employees this way.”

When the information about Gjøvik first broke, Apple stated in a press release: “We are and have always been deeply committed to creating and maintaining a positive and inclusive workplace. We take all concerns seriously and we thoroughly investigate whenever a concern is raised and, out of respect for the privacy of any individuals involved, we do not discuss specific employee matters.”