Apple HR exodus continues with recruitment exec departure
Barely two days after Apple's Chief People Officer is reportedly exiting the company, a top recruitment executive is also preparing to depart to investment firm.

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Apple's top recruitment executive, VP Sjoerd Gehring, is going to leave the iPhone maker in favor of a position at the investment firm Citadel, a report claims. The alleged departure is the second major human resources-related departure at Apple in the space of a week.
People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Gehring will exit Apple in November. He will be replacing Matt Jahansouz at Citadel, who exited in September.
While the news hasn't been shared by Apple yet, Citadel COO Gerald Beeson reportedly told employees that it was happening. "Sjoerd will spearhead our efforts to attract top candidates from around the world and help them build extraordinary careers at Citadel matching their merit and ambition," said Beeson in a letter.
Gehring leaves Apple after over six years in the role, joining the company in November 2018. Previously he was involved in recruitment for Johnson & Johnson, as well as Accenture.
The new departure appears not long after another high-profile chief's days were reportedly numbered.
On Wednesday, it was reported that Apple's Chief People Officer Carol Surface, Gehring's boss, was leaving her role after less than two years in the position.
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Jeebus.
Which "many big ones" BTW?
Agreed... Other companies both BIG and small are getting rid of the DEI initiative and its upper echelon hires and supporters and hiring the right people for the job.
But it sure does make me think about the HR people at my firm. I liked the head of HR when I started -- he viewed his job as supporting billable employees in doing their jobs the best they could. But everyone after him has been about trying to get us to follow some agenda they have. And I'm not talking (just) about the DEI thing -- I mean any personal agenda or pet theory they might have.
With respect to DEI specifically, I find that a lot of DEI proponents in HR (not necessarily more generally) don't appear to know the definition of equity. It's not about treating everyone the same, and it's not about saying "you can't do that because then we'd have to let everyone do that." But it's very convenient for a lazy HR person to interpret it that way -- to use it as an excuse to treat people as widgets (which was what they wanted to do long before DEI came along).
JFC, AI, is this the kind of member and comment you want on your forums?
Um… the entirety of Israeli’s enslaved by Egypt left Egypt…
I know…I missed the Sarcasm. Lol