Months after Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook made headlines for launching Apple Stores in India, the company is facing controversy after an employee in the country’s Bengaluru city resigned over alleged Islamophobia.
In a lavish event, Cook personally hosted the impressive opening of Apple’s stores in Mumbai and Delhi in April this year, offering the tech giant’s employees a salary of Rs 100,000.
The company prides itself on its inclusive policies for diversity and underrepresented minorities, as well as fair pay practices.
However, Khalid Pervaiz – one of Apple’s employees in India – has resigned, citing harassment, abuse, mismanagement and Islamophobic comments as part of his departure from the company. came after complaints were dismissed, JEE News reported
@Apple @tim_cook It pains me to share my ordeal. I honestly hope this is properly investigated. #appletoo #mentalhealth #Islamophobia_in_india https://t.co/eLSWS9YuTQ
— Khalid Parvez (@kparvez88) June 12, 2023
In a LinkedIn post, Pervez expressed gratitude for the growth opportunities offered by Apple but also criticized the lack of empathy from the company’s human resources department, which asked him to trust the system during the investigation. Said to do.
“But after 2 months of ‘thorough’ investigation #EmployeeRelations comes back with nothing but denial, indifference, counter-accusations and ridicule of my mental health and family issues,” she mentioned in her post. .
The former Apple employee tagged Tim Cook and the company in his post to draw attention to his grievance after being fired by the team in India.
According to Pervez, who has worked for the Cook-led corporation for the past decade, Apple’s employee relations team faced backlash and insensitivity.
She claimed her mental health concerns were ridiculed and accused the company of covering up her complaints rather than investigating them.
“When I asked about the Islamophobic comments – ER said none of my statements/incidents were corroborated by other employees. That’s when I realized there was never an investigation, it was some big corporate cover. Up was,” he wrote on LinkedIn. .
Pervez cautioned professionals not to blindly trust companies and urged them to escalate issues beyond regional and national governance.
“The only reason I’m calling out these #hypocrites is to send a message to my fellow #Apple colleagues and all our corporate victims. Please don’t be afraid to ask questions, whenever you see discrimination, misogyny Please raise your voice if you see any kind of abuse or bullying – don’t blindly trust the system like I did (at least don’t trust the local system). Please go ahead. Regional. /Go ahead to national teams. And please document everything,” he wrote in his post.
