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

submitted 9 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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[–] ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For those that do relocate, Bloomberg writes they’ll be given $7,000 stipends, while Apple will offer the others four weeks of severance plus another week’s worth per year that they worked, as well as six months of health insurance.

It's a scumbag move to try and frame this as anything other than a layoff, but this seems fairly decent of Apple. Admittedly, I'm not sure how this compares to other severance packages though - can someone give context on how this measures up?

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Idk man, whenever I see severance pay it's usually for at least one full year.

[–] MSids@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In what non-US country is this the case?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

You can get severance pay in the US, it's just written into the contract individually, so it is rather rare outside of the C-Suite