Former Apple Employee Says They Are Slaves, Sues

[Farthioner]

David Walsh, a network engineer who worked at Apple from 1995 to 2007, is currently suing them for making him work a little too hard. Specifically, he says they made him work more than 40 hours a week without overtime (because he was a “senior” engineer, a pseudo-management position he says was created to skirt paying overtime) and required him to be on call for seven days straight every six weeks. In other words, a pretty standard schedule in the Valley. Besides, if anything, MobileMe’s launch made it clear Apple’s network engineers should be working more, not less.

Former Apple Employee Says They Are Slaves, Sues

[Ace_Dragon]

The comments on the site makes it look like he was just wanting to find a way to sue.

People want to make a quick buck.

[Jeremy_Ray]

Besides, if anything, MobileMe’s launch made it clear Apple’s network engineers should be working more, not less.

Or Apple could have hired enough people to do the job, or they could have waited until the product was ready to launch. The buck stops with the guys at the top, not the peons at the bottom.

[kbot]

I suppose some employees over the world are watching the apple employee actions against the employer with some anticipation.

[roofoo]

Funny, Apple’s customers are slaves too. :yes:

[J09]

Funny, Apple’s customers are slaves too. :yes:

yup. Though I have seen quite a few who were just plain stupid (no offense, I also know some who are neither slaves, nor stupid).

[dyf]

i’ve worked in an environment similar to his… we didn’t have enough employees so we had to do the job of like 3 different people and stay from 7am till 9 or 10 pm… it was hellish, i know how he feels