Although during the pandemic it was shown that many jobs can be carried out remotely, and technology companies were pioneers on the subject, The Apple company is warning dozens of its workers in San Diego, California, that they will have to move to Austin, Texas, or else they will be fired.
The company intends to restructure its Artificial Intelligence division and regroup its employees specialized in the area in Texas, as a strategy to grow its reach in the area. For this reason, is forcing 121 workers to make the decision to move before the end of February.
According to the media Bloomberg, Those people who make the decision not to move to Texas risk being laid off in April, despite the fact that the majority, they say, have shown their discontent with the measure.
The good news for those who decide to move to Austin is that, in addition to keeping their job, they will receive a compensation of US$7,000 for the move to the Apple's general Artificial Intelligence base.
While San Diego's AI workers have been key to the development of the company's smart assistant, Siri, it is now known that Apple is focused on creating new language models. Therefore, they hope that bringing together their group of specialists will lead them to achieve better results and compete against offers such as that of Google or Microsoft.
Apple has had HR problems recently
Relocating hundreds of employees to a new headquarters It is not the only controversy in which Apple has been immersed. Recently, even though the company avoided mass layoffs during the pandemic, it has become known that its latest decisions regarding its human resources are not being well received by employees.
For example, Workers were asked to report to offices at least three days a weekthis despite the fact that in the technological area many of the employees were being productive from their homes or remote locations and have felt comfortable teleworking.
However, it is important to mention that Apple is not the only technology company that has sought to return to in-person work, Google also implemented a similar plan in that regard.
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