Top Apple exec quits over return to office: Tweet

Ian Goodfellow, Apple’s director of machine learning, is leaving the company due to its return to work policy. In a note to staff, he said “I believe strongly that more flexibility would have been the best policy for my team.” He was likely the company’s most cited ML expert.

— Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer) May 7, 2022

Zoë Schiffer reports on technology, labour, and workplace organizing at The Verge.

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