I believe the spokesperson from Apple a hell of a lot more than some fake news posted on the internet. If a person from Apple makes such a statement then Apple has to back it up. Sounds more like you just want something bad to come from Apple. SMH. 🙄
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Apple Responds to Call Center Worker Complaints About Plans to Monitor Them With Cameras at Home
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Did I miss something? Did MS buy out Apple and it wasn’t announced yet?
Full stop - that is insane.
"An environment check!?"
GTFO with that kind of uber creepy crap which has nothing to do with accomplishing the job at hand.
That, of course, if your choice. However, there has to be some basis in this. Apple isn't just waving a magic wand and determining that on Monday, 8/9/21 a subset of employees will have cameras monitoring them.
The defense will be “people can’t read.”
Still. The supplier works for Apple. And Apple also says they “did not find any core violation during recent audit” which is just lol.
Plus, Apple has their own Audit issues regarding supplier on assembling lines etc before. Nothing hugely new here either.
Big Corp does not care about your feelings when most of the money they make on the back end is through gov contracts. This isn't an Apple thing, this is an agenda that all the monopoly companies will foist on the world in unison and they will stick with whoever's version of it worked the most effectively. Apple will play the bad guy so some other bad guy can come along and give you a flavor of tyranny you are more willing to submit to. You will pay to have an extra room for your job or someone else will fill the void. That's their mentality. Mine is this, make your walk in closet your office if the job pays good enough, if it doesn't, don't give them your labor. Just like they didnt pay to keep you at their office so you can take brakes they don't want to pay you to handle any non work related function at home. They are not doing you any favors, you are the one who has to keep compromising your life for them. Its never the other way around. The sooner we know that and the sooner we know there are more of us than there are of them maybe we can take our power back and put them in their place.
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I just don't agree with how Apple is handling privacy concerns lately. I love Apple, Trust me
Is anyone actually reading the article? This is a contract between Telepresence and their workers. Apple is not mandating this. In fact, per Apple's spokesman they prohibit this type of activity from their suppliers.
Yes, but that was Steve's Apple after he came back to rescue it and when he was still at heart an ideologist entrepreneur.Okay Apple, at least an electronic ankle bracelet with a 3 foot square perimeter. Or maybe an electric dog collar.
This is now Tim Cook's corporation, or the Corporations Tim Cook - you decide...
I did read to the end. Apple's denial seems hollow. Are they calling the Columbian workers liars? Are they actually investigating this specific allegation?
I've been in management for a long time.
Treat your staff with respect and dignity and they work hard and make an effort.
Treat them like criminals (or
Also, why do you need to see them? Just look at the call statistics, customer feedback, and randomly monitor their calls, and you'll know if they're doing a good job.
If Apple actually is against this, they'll tell this company to stop doing this for ANY customers (not just Apple) and use their massive leverage to make it not happen, period.
Just saying "they don't use it when working for us" (but knowing full well they do it for agents working for other clients) is crap from Apple.
Why do they need to "see" you? If their work is being done remotely, why do you need to "see" the employees.
Can you actually defend your position instead of giving some nonsense "but this is equivalent to" argument?
Why does monitor employees require watching them? Aren’t there better ways to see if an employee is doing the job/task they were hired to do? Kings used to love watching their labor work long days.
This isn’t even Apple, though. If Telepresence wants to do this, it’s in their right as a corporation to do so. Apple’s only solution would be to have some assurances that cameras aren’t used for the folks that are working on THEIR contract OR find another provider.I just don't agree with how Apple is handling privacy concerns lately. I love Apple, Trust me
“I work on the Apple contract in Bogota” will be researched by Telepresence and Apple both and, if they WERE working on the Apple contract, they won’t be shortly. LOL
WOW you actually had the audacity to spin this around to make this Apple's fault??? Good God! 🙄
Those 'low wage' workers may not have the 'accent' but they have professional work ethics and I have had much better customer service experience with them compare to workers from well developed countries.
Exhibit #90,456 that 90% of people only read titles and then spew random angry thoughts. The politicians and bloggers would like to thank you for supporting them.
For everyone who read the headline and skipped the last paragraph....it's not Apple.