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

submitted 7 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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[-] menthol@lemm.ee 153 points 7 months ago

Leave a state with abortion protections and move to a hellhole where you can be thrown in jail if you have an abortion, or left to die if you have a complicated pregnancy. This is basically a potential death sentence (or jail sentence) for any women on the team.

That’s according to Bloomberg, which reported that an Apple spokesperson confirmed that the team, which listens to recordings of Siri interactions to make sure it responded appropriately, will “have the opportunity to continue their role with Apple in Austin.”

Why do you need to uproot people and force them to relocate to a dangerous backwoods shithole just to listen to recordings on their computers anyways? This is a work from home job.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 126 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's just another stealth layoff. They've calculated that x% would rather quit than move, and that probably roughly corresponds with the amount of people they want to cut. On top of that, Texas probably provides tax incentives and has a cheaper labour pool and fewer labour protections.

[-] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 13 points 7 months ago

Speaking of labour protections, is this even legal? Or is it a case of illegal, but good luck with the courts? I would think that at least California would have protections against something like this.

For example, let's just consider housing: imagine you bought a house when interest rates were 3% - now they can just force you to sell it and buy a new one with a 9% rate (or force you to rent)?

But I guess they can just call it a layoff instead so they can get away with it or something

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