Cher Scarlett, a software engineer who became the public face of an employee protest movement over pay transparency and more flexible working conditions, announced Wednesday she is leaving the company at the end of the week.
«Friday is my last day at Apple,» Scarlett said in a tweet Wednesday, adding that she’s going to take some time deciding what’s next for her.
Scarlett was one of two Apple employees who filed complaints against the company in September, alleging unfair labor practices.
The complaints come as the tech giant faces a wave of employee activism in recent months. In August, employees criticized Apple’s move to scan US customers’ iPhones and computers for images of child sex abuse, worrying it could lead to censorship or arrest by repressive governments. In July, employees began circulating an internal petition pressing executives for more flexible working conditions as the company began laying out post-lockdown return-to-work polices.
Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.