Apple India’s Muslim employee quits company over Islamophobia, mental harassment
Parvez warned professionals not to trust companies blindly and urged them to escalate issues beyond regional and national management.
Apple India’s Muslim employee has quit the company over Islamophobia and mental harassment!
The now former Apple employee in Bengaluru city, Khalid Parvez quit the company citing mental harassment, abusive language, managerial errors, and Islamophobic comments
Khalid Parvez shared a detailed account on social media.
The former Apple employee also tagged CEO Tim Cook and the company in his post to draw their attention to his complaint after being dismissed by the team in India.
According to Parvez, who has been working for the Cook-led corporation for the last decade, the counter-allegations and insensitivity from Apple’s employee relations team followed.
@Apple @tim_cook It pains me to share my ordeal. I honestly hope this is properly investigated. #appletoo #mentalhealth #Islamophobia_in_india https://t.co/eLSWS9YuTQ
— Khalid Parvez (@kparvez88) June 12, 2023
Parvez expressed gratitude for the growth opportunities provided by Apple in a note posted on LinkedIn but also criticized the lack of compassion from the company’s human resources department, who asked him to trust the system during their investigation.
“But after 2 months of supposedly ‘thorough’ investigation the #employeerelations comes back with nothing but denial, insensitivity, counter-accusations and ended up ridiculing my mental health and family issues,” he said.
“When I asked about the Islamophobic comments – the ER said that none of my statements/incidents were substantiated by other employees. This is when I understood that there was never an investigation, this was some major corporate cover-up,” he wrote on LinkedIn.
“Now I had a tough choice. Either fight against these bullies or choose to handle a family emergency. I preferred to walk away as my family needed me more than my will to fight back against the corporate giant. I resigned the very next day,” he added.
“The only reason why I am calling out these #hypocrites is to convey a message to my fellow #Apple Colleagues and all my fellow corporate victims. Please don’t be afraid to ask questions, and please raise your voice whenever you see discrimination, misconduct, or any kind of abuse or bullying – DON’T TRUST THE SYSTEM BLINDLY like I did (at least don’t trust the local system). Please escalate. Escalate beyond the regional/national teams. And please document each and everything,” he wrote.
