Apple fires members of staff over inappropriate photos Fiasco in Australia

[AlTech]

Apple is firing several staff members after a fiasco was found.

 

Apple heard rumors of foul and atrocious activity and followed suite. The investigation revealed that Apple Store employees ,in an Apple store in Brisbane Australia, shared photographs of female colleagues and female customers and in fact showed that the offending staff members also ranked them on a scale from 1 to 10.

 

As you can imagine, Apple was not happy........

 

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Apple confirmed an inquiry and said "several" jobs had been terminated.

But it said its inquiry had so far not shown that any photos had been stolen.

No-one had been photographed without consent, the inquiry had indicated.

 

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The photos - including more than 100 close-up and intimate images according to the Courier-Mail - were said to have been shared and the women's bodies then rated.

The newspaper said the possible privacy breach came to light after a fellow employee noticed a store technician looking through a customer's phone in the repair room.

One staff member told the newspaper they were concerned the same thing was happening in other Australian Apple stores, including in Sydney.

Apple said the allegations, if true, would constitute a violation of the company's business conduct policy.

 

 

 

So yeah, I'm surprised that this happened at such a large company like Apple. I think that the offending workers got what they deserved (they were fired).

 

What would you do if you were Apple and some employees did this in your store?

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-37642095

[PlayStation 2]

I'd probably fire them too.

[JAKEBAB]

Ha so not surprised this was in Aus.

[Guest]

Was bout to say "Fire? Would that cause explosion too?" but then realise this is not Samsung and that joke is too old

[Guest]

19 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

If presidential candidates can do it, why not Apple employees?

[Serin]

21 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

If presidential candidates can do it, why not Apple employees?

Because Australians more often than not summarily can this kind of sexist shite.
 

[aries757]

31 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Apple is firing several staff members after a fiasco was found.

 

Apple heard rumors of foul and atrocious activity and followed suite. The investigation revealed that Apple Store employees ,in an Apple store in Brisbane Australia, shared photographs of female colleagues and female customers and in fact showed that the offending staff members also ranked them on a scale from 1 to 10.

 

As you can imagine, Apple was not happy........

 

So yeah, I'm surprised that this happened at such a large company like Apple. I think that the offending workers got what they deserved (they were fired).

 

What would you do if you were Apple and some employees did this in your store?

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-37642095

i'd tell em to  put those pics away, then give em to me at the end of the day ;3

[vorticalbox]

All pictures were taken with consent so what is the issue? 

[suicidalfranco]

8 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

What if they took photos of and rated males instead?

no problems there

[Prysin]

1 hour ago, AluminiumTech said:

Apple is firing several staff members after a fiasco was found.

 

Apple heard rumors of foul and atrocious activity and followed suite. The investigation revealed that Apple Store employees ,in an Apple store in Brisbane Australia, shared photographs of female colleagues and female customers and in fact showed that the offending staff members also ranked them on a scale from 1 to 10.

 

As you can imagine, Apple was not happy........

 

So yeah, I'm surprised that this happened at such a large company like Apple. I think that the offending workers got what they deserved (they were fired).

 

What would you do if you were Apple and some employees did this in your store?

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-37642095

you're surprised? The larger the company/institution the easier it is to fly under the radar. The risk,if caught, is higher, but the risk of getting caught can be much lower since so many others work around you, so peoples activities arent under nearly as much scrutiny by the higher ups as with a smaller company where the boss(es) has more direct relationship with employees.

[Yoinkerman]

1 hour ago, AluminiumTech said:

Apple is firing several staff members after a fiasco was found.

 

Apple heard rumors of foul and atrocious activity and followed suite. The investigation revealed that Apple Store employees ,in an Apple store in Brisbane Australia, shared photographs of female colleagues and female customers and in fact showed that the offending staff members also ranked them on a scale from 1 to 10.

 

As you can imagine, Apple was not happy........

 

So yeah, I'm surprised that this happened at such a large company like Apple. I think that the offending workers got what they deserved (they were fired).

 

What would you do if you were Apple and some employees did this in your store?

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-37642095

You're surprised low wage retail employees were looking at peoples pictures?  

 

Really?

[Zodiark1593]

Over an especially loud intercom. 

 

"Attention *insert names of offenders here*! Please report to the Apple HQ for a public hanging, error, I mean, your firing. 

[Copuis]

hahahahaha, so it wasn't apple that found out

it was suspected, and reported, then the apple PR machine went into overdrive 


i think apple is to blame, these guys had very little supervision and oversight, and having seen not only the sort of images some people have as a lock screen, and the amount of photo and nudes on those same people phones its an easy thing to copy them

also, just a note, there are three apple stores in brisbane, this was first found in the store at carindale, and it appears to have happened in the brisbane city store too, and could well be something that is wider spread as it appears to be something that a trainer from outside pointed out.

[AlTech]

8 hours ago, vorticalbox said:

All pictures were taken with consent so what is the issue? 

Apple has a policy and they broke it..... So apple had to teach them a lesson.

8 hours ago, huilun02 said:

What if they took photos of and rated males instead?

It would be also inappropriate.

[FPSwithaWacomTablet]

8 hours ago, vorticalbox said:

All pictures were taken with consent so what is the issue? 

If we are stretching this argument pretty wide, I would say they are subject to "time theft" for viewing pics under company time.

 

 

[Wolther]

Completely justified imo. Would've made the same decision. 

[Zeeee]

Wait am i the only one confused about this??!!!! hahahahah wtf? So we cant rate women on how hot they are on a scale of 10? WAIT who the fuck says i cant do it lmfao me and my buddies along with almost all men do this lmao why the fuck is this a big deal? Am i the only one here who thinks they shouldnt be fired for that? Excuse me as humans we have a thing called attraction for a reason we feel more attracted to a person who we find hotter and if a bunch of people have the same taste then theyre just sharing that opinion how the hell.... my god its the work of SJW!!!

[christianled59]

6 minutes ago, Zeeee said:

Wait am i the only one confused about this??!!!! hahahahah wtf? So we cant rate women on how hot they are on a scale of 10? WAIT who the fuck says i cant do it lmfao me and my buddies along with almost all men do this lmao why the fuck is this a big deal? Am i the only one here who thinks they shouldnt be fired for that? Excuse me as humans we have a thing called attraction for a reason we feel more attracted to a person who we find hotter and if a bunch of people have the same taste then theyre just sharing that opinion how the hell.... my god its the work of SJW!!!

You must not have read it. The problem isn't they were rating girls. (well from a pr perspective that is a problem but not the main one). The issue, is they were going through customers' phones and posting the pics from it; rating 1-10.

[Zeeee]

2 minutes ago, christianled59 said:

You must not have read it. The problem isn't they were rating girls. (well from a pr perspective that is a problem but not the main one). The issue, is they were going through customers' phones and posting the pics from it; rating 1-10.

OH breach of privacy yeah no that makes total sense now okay wow phew i was confused

[christianled59]

Just now, Zeeee said:

OH breach of privacy yeah no that makes total sense now okay wow phew i was confused

Yeah. Even if these employees weren't briefed to not do this sort of thing, I can't imagine what morals these employees hold to do it anyways. It's common sense you don't go through someone pics and THEN POST THEM ONLINE. God, people suck.

[Lukiose]

Erm, as long as the employees kept the photos among themselves I don't see how this is an issue?

 

Rating girls seems like a very 'just guys being guy's thing to do and whoever (the colleague) sold them out was probably just being a pissy brat.

 

Edit: Nevermind, seems like the offenders did indeed distribute the photos publicly which is an open breach of privacy

[DrMikeNZ]

12 minutes ago, Lukiose said:

Rating girls seems like a very 'just guys being guy's thing to do and whoever (the colleague) sold them out was probably just being a pissy brat.

Pretty sexist right there, not all guys ogle and rate women.

[Tech Enthusiast]

24 minutes ago, DrMikeNZ said:

Pretty sexist right there, not all guys ogle and rate women.

They do all do. Some may have stopped at a certain age (some did not), but pretty sure all do.

[tlink]

23 hours ago, vorticalbox said:

All pictures were taken with consent so what is the issue? 

no they where absolutely not.

 

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Brisbane's Courier-Mail, said dozens of photos were taken without knowledge or consent and that other images were stolen from customer phones.

 

[tlink]

14 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

Apple has a policy and they broke it..... So apple had to teach them a lesson.

It would be also inappropriate.

there was no consent, they should be criminally prosecuted. they stole the pictures of phones and took them without customers knowing according to the article. 

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Brisbane's Courier-Mail, said dozens of photos were taken without knowledge or consent and that other images were stolen from customer phones.