Apple emails reveal 'sexist' complaints of 'toxic & oppressive environment'

Apple emails reveal 'sexist' complaints of 'toxic & oppressive environment'

A leaked internal memo from tech giant Apple has revealed a number of staff complaints which paint the picture of a “sexist, toxic” work environment.

According to News.com.au, over 50 pages of emails, obtained by news site Mic, show female employees detailing the troubles they face while working in a “white, male, Christian, misogynist, sexist environment”.

Email threads contain allegations of apparent discrimination and harassment at Apple, in which women make up 32% of the overall workforce.

One complaint by a female engineer described how her co-worker’s upsetting comments urged her to seek out Apple CEO Tim Cook. She wrote to him: “Rape jokes in work chat is basically where I completely draw the limit.

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