A decade ago, a lot of folks would probably seriously consider this. Austin is a rad town and cost of living is cheaper than San Diego. Now moving to Texas could put you at significant risk if you’re a woman.

Apple, a company that likes to value diversity and inclusion, is apparently fine with putting its female employees in harm’s way for a tax break.

Of all the shit Apple has done, this is particularly disturbing.

Edit: Took a few more minutes to look into this, and it appears that Apple covers travel and medical expenses for women that have to travel out of state for care. Although, forcing someone into that position to keep their job is pretty douchey.

This is what a stealth layoff looks like folks.

This is becoming a larger and larger ask as the states drift further apart in terms of rights.

Don’t move, don’t quit. Make them fire you.

No one from California wants to move to Texas.

Ffs tech workers need to unionize and fast.

Apple supports anti-abortion misogyny, the murder of immigrants crossing the border, and a deterioration of employee rights for profit. This is the safest conclusion.

If they're using this as a method to get employees to quit, then it's gonna suck for the few that do move

“Asks”? So they can just say “no thank you” and keep their jobs?

No?

Then asks is not the right word.

I'm just shocked to learn that Siri has (had) a quality control team.

The company reportedly told employees they can apply for other jobs within the company, though some doubt they’re qualified for other Apple roles in the city, and most don’t plan to move.

Sounds like it's QA people. Which sucks extra hard cause that's a much harder field to get another job in. If they were software engineers, the world would be their oysters. I bet a lot of people will make the move and it's quite shitty and cynical from apple to move a team that doesn't have a lot of options.

If they tried to move an engineering team to texas, they know they'd get told to get fucked

Apple likes the labor laws in Texas that allows them to screw their employees over when they feel like it

And so begins (continues?) the enshittification of Apple. Siri is dumb as a bag of rocks. These people should all get raises.