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Apple and CEO Tim Cook helped rescue an engineer’s grandmother from Ukraine in 2023, an employee shared with X. Apple, like other tech giants, has a large security team responsible for protecting its employees and trade secrets. The former Apple engineer said translators, drivers and other employees helped coordinate the rescue of his grandmother from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in 2023, amid widespread attacks on civilians. Her grandmother is now safe, the engineer said, adding that her disclosure is not promoting Apple.
Apple paid for hotel and travel expenses for employee’s grandmother to help her escape from Kharkiv
According to a former Apple engineer known as Kate Ong-X, Apple went to great lengths to rescue her grandmother from Kharkov in 2023. This included hiring security contractors and relying on interpreters and drivers to coordinate on the ground. The whole attempt.”Very internal and not intended for press” she added, sharing Apple’s efforts to help ensure families feel safe.you will be forever grateful“To the company.
Sharing additional details, she revealed:It was like a full-fledged surgery.“It was included.”WhatsApp chats with various coordinators and drivers on the ground“Apple is sae”Hotels and tickets to a safe location from PolandAs of its most recent quarter, the company had $25.6 billion in cash and $385 billion in trailing 12-month revenue, so it could have paid for the engineer’s grandmother’s ticket over and over again and still feel the pinch. It is no exaggeration to say that there is no such thing.
A former Apple employee, she was extremely grateful for her employer’s support at the time. she commented.I’ve never seen anything like that” she added.support [APPLE] they are What was given was beyond anything an employer would do. ” she “you will be forever grateful“Since joining Apple”still has great meaning “Even if she left it, for her sake.
As for why he is sharing details now, the engineer said of the entire incident: ”Very internal and not intended for press“The engineer does not know if or when she will return to Apple. The decision to share Apple’s efforts to help the family came afterward, she added.”I was cleaning my Gdrive this morning and saw this screenshot I took.. ”I realized that I wasn’t in a position to talk about this at the time.” she added.
Her decision to share the entire incident is therefore “in no way affiliated with or promoting Apple.” Her, her grandmother, and others.”We are so happy as a family that she came home safely.“The engineer also shared a screenshot sent to him by then-Apple CEO Tim Cook. In it, Cook supposedly thanked her for recognizing the company’s efforts and wished her grandmother good luck. I prayed.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is widely described as Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. It has had far-reaching effects on the technology industry, with companies being forced to suspend operations in Russia and Apple complying with Russian requests to shut down certain applications during the war.
I never said how much @apple The purpose was to evacuate my grandmother from the hell that was occurring in Kharkov in 2023. Security contractors were hired to help people escape. The level of coordination between translators, drivers, and everyone else on-site and online was insane. thank you. pic.twitter.com/6Uok3MiIpS
— Kate (@whoiskatrin) October 25, 2024
