An Apple employee shared his decision to resign from the prestigious tech giant without securing a new job.
Khalid Parvez worked at Apple he recently shared a LinkedIn post saying, “Yes! I just resigned from the world’s most valuable company without a job in hand!”
“I loved working for Apple it helped me and my family to re-establish ourselves after my father’s demise. It made me a better professional, a better person. I ended up dedicating a third of my life to this amazing organization”, he added.
“But (first time in 11 years) I raised a grievance with HR regarding some serious accusations such as #mental harassment, #abusive language, a possible #business misconduct, Islamophobic comments and also called out some dumb #managerial errors that left me and my family living out of a suitcase for 4 months and then ended up causing a butterfly effect of #mental health issues for all of us”, he added.
“I was asked to “trust the system” and was assured of a proper investigation. All I expected to hear was a few words of compassion – empathizing with what I went through and some measures to ensure that it doesn’t happen again”, his post added.
“But after 2 months of supposedly “thorough” investigation, the #employee relations comes back with nothing but denial, insensitivity, counter-accusations and ended up ridiculing my mental health and family issues”, the post added.
Khalid Parvez’s post further said, “Until then I assumed that my battle was against the few gentlemen that I accused. I wasn’t prepared that I would be met with some kind of legal deposition. It seemed like the ER Executive was hellbent on protecting the company and management’s interest – not the employee.”
“I was bullied with statements from the ER ridiculing my mental health saying “If you want Apple to acknowledge that your mental health issue’s happened because of Apple – then I’m sorry. We are not medical experts.” When I asked what if my mental health worsens – the ER replied saying “In that case, we would need a doctor’s certificate to ascertain that you are medically fit to work”, his post added.
“When I asked about the Islamophobic comments – the ER said that none of my statements/incidents were substantiated by other employees. This is when I understood that there was never an investigation, this was some major corporate cover-up”, he said.
“Now I had a tough choice. Either fight against these bullies or choose to handle a family emergency. I preferred to walk away as my family needed me more than my will to fight back against the corporate giant. I resigned the very next day”, the post said.
“The only reason why I am calling out these #hypocrites is to convey a message to my fellow #Apple Colleagues and all my fellow corporate victims. Please don’t be afraid to ask questions, and please raise your voice whenever you see discrimination, misconduct, or any kind of abuse or bullying – DON’T TRUST THE SYSTEM BLINDLY like I did (at least don’t trust the local system). Please escalate. Escalate beyond the regional/national teams. And please document each and everything”, he added.
“And I would ask all of you out there, has something like this happened to you? Has anyone here got stuck in this kind of corporate legal bullshit? How did you deal with it or come out of it?”, the post concluded.
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