<story><title>Apple fires engineering manager for allegedly leaking information</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/9/22666049/apple-fires-senior-engineering-program-manager-ashley-gjovik-for-allegedly-leaking-information</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>PragmaticPulp</author><text>This person was Tweeting internal e-mails from Apple, complete with the footnote explaining that they were confidential and not to be shared outside of the company. Example here: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;ashleygjovik&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1435421599826518025&amp;#x2F;photo&amp;#x2F;1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;ashleygjovik&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1435421599826518025&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;There were headlines and outrage about her being placed on administrative leave by Apple recently. Reading the finer details, it turns out she requested to be placed on leave (From the article: &amp;quot;She was placed on administrative leave in early August while Apple investigated some of these concerns — a placement she says she requested as a last resort.&amp;quot;)&lt;p&gt;She has a dedicated form on her website for press to fill out to request an interview with her. ( &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ashleygjovik.com&amp;#x2F;press.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ashleygjovik.com&amp;#x2F;press.html&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;p&gt;She maintains a website called iWhistleblower ( &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iwhistleblower.org&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iwhistleblower.org&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; ) with details about past cases involving Apple and links encouraging people to report Apple information to different regulatory bodies.&lt;p&gt;Her personal website leads with &amp;quot;Apple Labor Advocacy&amp;quot; as well as &amp;quot;Public Health Advocacy&amp;quot; where she describes how she thinks there might be a toxic waste container somewhere on the property of her old 3rd-floor apartment. She believes it was causing her blood pressure and heart rate to change, according to monitors that she wore. She published photos of herself wearing a blood pressure monitoring cuff and her story here: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;sfbayview.com&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;i-thought-i-was-dying-my-apartment-was-built-on-toxic-waste&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;sfbayview.com&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;i-thought-i-was-dying-my-apart...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;While I fully agree that all allegations should be given due process and properly investigated, I get nervous when someone is visibly invested in building a personal brand on social media around being a victim. The story about the toxic waste apartment, the story about Apple&amp;#x27;s lawyers needing her work phone for an investigation, and the story about her alleged harassment at Apple all happened within the past 6 months. Her entire social media presence appears to be built around capitalizing on these stories.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>unityByFreedom</author><text>Here is her NLRB complaint [1]. It seems fine to me if she wants to get her story out via her own site or press or whatever. It can be hard to &amp;quot;go viral&amp;quot; and you have to put a lot of effort behind it. That said, making yourself a public figure can be tough too, so I hope she&amp;#x27;s ready with facts.&lt;p&gt;This summary from her website doesn&amp;#x27;t make Apple sound all that terrible in my opinion:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; I raised issues about workplace safety in March, upon which Apple subjected me to a nonconsensual sexism investigation on my behalf. Then I faced retaliation from my managers, ER, &amp;amp; HR. I continued to raise my workplace safety concerns as well as my concerns about the employee relations processes at Apple. This led to a second, much larger investigation that I actually requested this time. However, before we could finish gathering &amp;amp; reviewing the evidence, Apple forced me onto indefinite paid administrative leave.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;foiaonline.gov&amp;#x2F;foiaonline&amp;#x2F;api&amp;#x2F;request&amp;#x2F;downloadFile&amp;#x2F;NLRB-2021-001319%20Final%20Records.pdf&amp;#x2F;758bfad6-3292-4eee-b41f-c75336faa1e2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;foiaonline.gov&amp;#x2F;foiaonline&amp;#x2F;api&amp;#x2F;request&amp;#x2F;downloadFile&amp;#x2F;N...&lt;/a&gt; (PDF download)</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple fires engineering manager for allegedly leaking information</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/9/22666049/apple-fires-senior-engineering-program-manager-ashley-gjovik-for-allegedly-leaking-information</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>PragmaticPulp</author><text>This person was Tweeting internal e-mails from Apple, complete with the footnote explaining that they were confidential and not to be shared outside of the company. Example here: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;ashleygjovik&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1435421599826518025&amp;#x2F;photo&amp;#x2F;1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;ashleygjovik&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1435421599826518025&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;There were headlines and outrage about her being placed on administrative leave by Apple recently. Reading the finer details, it turns out she requested to be placed on leave (From the article: &amp;quot;She was placed on administrative leave in early August while Apple investigated some of these concerns — a placement she says she requested as a last resort.&amp;quot;)&lt;p&gt;She has a dedicated form on her website for press to fill out to request an interview with her. ( &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ashleygjovik.com&amp;#x2F;press.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ashleygjovik.com&amp;#x2F;press.html&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;p&gt;She maintains a website called iWhistleblower ( &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iwhistleblower.org&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iwhistleblower.org&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; ) with details about past cases involving Apple and links encouraging people to report Apple information to different regulatory bodies.&lt;p&gt;Her personal website leads with &amp;quot;Apple Labor Advocacy&amp;quot; as well as &amp;quot;Public Health Advocacy&amp;quot; where she describes how she thinks there might be a toxic waste container somewhere on the property of her old 3rd-floor apartment. She believes it was causing her blood pressure and heart rate to change, according to monitors that she wore. She published photos of herself wearing a blood pressure monitoring cuff and her story here: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;sfbayview.com&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;i-thought-i-was-dying-my-apartment-was-built-on-toxic-waste&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;sfbayview.com&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;i-thought-i-was-dying-my-apart...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;While I fully agree that all allegations should be given due process and properly investigated, I get nervous when someone is visibly invested in building a personal brand on social media around being a victim. The story about the toxic waste apartment, the story about Apple&amp;#x27;s lawyers needing her work phone for an investigation, and the story about her alleged harassment at Apple all happened within the past 6 months. Her entire social media presence appears to be built around capitalizing on these stories.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>blamazon</author><text>This whole affair seems like a one way ticket out of ‘traditional’ corporate employment for life, so I’d say Ashley would be smart to be setting up alternative revenue streams—-media appearances, book deals, etc.&lt;p&gt;I don’t agree with her methods, but I do admire the commitment to doubling down.</text></comment>