Tim Cook received complaints on Apple's bag check policy

CNBC ^ | June 11, 2015

[Swordmaker]

At least two Apple retail store workers complained directly to Chief Executive Tim Cook that the company's policy of checking retail employees' bags as a security precaution was embarrassing and demeaning, according to a court filing made public on Wednesday.

The employee complaints, which a judge ordered unsealed, are part of a 2013 lawsuit alleging Apple should compensate employees for the time it takes to conduct the searches. One worker, whose name was blacked out of the court filing, told Cook in a 2012 message that Apple managers "are required to treat 'valued' employees as criminals."

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Cook forwarded it to top retail and human resources executives with the query: "Is this true?" The court filing does not include what responses Cook received. An Apple representative could not immediately be reached for comment.

[freekitty]

Ah geez. Major retail stores have been doing this forever. When I worked for dept store part time in the 70’s; they checked us as left work. They have that policy in place because of theft. The stores don’t want you taking their stuff free of charge. A lot of in store thefts are inside jobs. What’s wrong with looking in your bags. I am sure the employees know this. Sounds like more political propaganda BS. Look at Walmart? They check customers as well as employees.