| Revision as of 03:07, 15 October 2021 editGorillaWarfare (talk | contribs)Edit filter managers, Autopatrolled, Oversighters, Administrators119,396 edits addTag: Visual edit← Previous edit | Revision as of 03:22, 15 October 2021 edit undoGorillaWarfare (talk | contribs)Edit filter managers, Autopatrolled, Oversighters, Administrators119,396 edits +Tag: Visual editNext edit → | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| '''Cher Scarlett''' is an American software developer and |
'''Cher Scarlett''' (born {{Birth based on age as of date|36|2021|10|14|mos=1|noage=1}}) is an American software developer known for her activism in anti-discrimination and workers rights organizing at ] and other software companies. | ||
| == Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
| Scarlett grew up in ], ]. She did well in school and was interested in ] and video gaming. Scarlett experienced sexual abuse at a young age, and when she was in high school began battling ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Albergotti|first=Reed|date=October 14, 2021|title=She pulled herself from addiction by learning to code. Now she’s leading a worker uprising at Apple.|work=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/14/apple-worker-cher-scarlett/|access-date=October 14, 2021}}</ref> | Scarlett grew up in ], ]. She did well in school and was interested in ] and video gaming. Scarlett experienced sexual abuse at a young age, and when she was in high school began battling ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Albergotti|first=Reed|date=October 14, 2021|title=She pulled herself from addiction by learning to code. Now she’s leading a worker uprising at Apple.|work=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/14/apple-worker-cher-scarlett/|access-date=October 14, 2021}}</ref> | ||
| Scarlett has a daughter.<ref name=":0" /> | Scarlett has ]. Scarlett has a daughter.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
| == Career == | == Career == | ||
| In 2007, while pregnant with her daughter, Scarlett saw an advertisement for a ] position at a real estate firm. She had learned to code when she was younger, experimenting with web development on the blogging platform ]. She got the job, and worked there for a portion of the year before becoming a freelance developer. In 2011, Scarlett began working as a web developer at ].<ref name=":0" /> | In 2007, while pregnant with her daughter, Scarlett saw an advertisement for a ] position at a real estate firm. She had learned to code when she was younger, experimenting with web development on the blogging platform ]. She got the job, and worked there for a portion of the year before becoming a freelance developer. In 2011, Scarlett began working as a web developer at ].<ref name=":0" /> | ||
| In 2015, Scarlett began a job at the ] video games studio. She began to |
In 2015, Scarlett began a job at the ] video games studio. She began to be more aware of discrimination and prejudice in the technology industry, and pressed the company's human resources department on gender-based pay discrimination she had observed. She left the company, which would later be subject to a ] filed by the ] over alleged systemic discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
| After leaving Activision-Blizzard, Scarlett worked at ], then became a lead software engineer at ]. At Starbucks, she joined others to organize an ultimately successful campaign to address gender-based pay disparities. After leaving the company in 2019, she wrote publicly about what she alleged to be a practice at Starbucks of paying lower wages to workers in areas that were predominantly Black or had high proportions of ]. Through this writing, she began to be known as a worker's rights activist.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
| In 2019, Scarlett began working for ]. She continued to write, primarily advocating for fair pay for members of underrepresented groups.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
| === Apple === | |||
| {{See also|Apple Inc.|Apple worker organizations}} | |||
| In early 2020, an Apple engineer referred Scarlett for a job on Apple's software security team, and she began working there. Later that year, Apple hired ], who had previously written in a book that women int he Bay Area were "soft and weak, cosseted and naive". After being approached by other employees who believed the hire was not in keeping with Apple's stated principles on diversity and inclusion, Scarlett wrote a letter to speak out against the hire, and making a list of demands towards the company. She posted the letter on Twitter, and it earned media attention; Garcia Martinez left the company shortly after the controversy. During the 2021 lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard, Scarlett helped direct women who had experienced sexual harassment at the company to a group of other women who were joining a lawsuit against the company. Also in 2021, Scarlett began to believe, based on anecdotal evidence, that there was a wage gap at Apple. When employees tried to organize an internal survey to gather pay data, Apple quashed it. Scarlett launched her own survey, outside of Apple, and filed a complaint with the ] (NLRB) that Apple had stopped employees from discussing their salaries.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
| == References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 03:22, 15 October 2021
Cher Scarlett (born 1984 or 1985) is an American software developer known for her activism in anti-discrimination and workers rights organizing at Apple and other software companies.
Personal life
Scarlett grew up in Kirkland, Washington. She did well in school and was interested in astronautics and video gaming. Scarlett experienced sexual abuse at a young age, and when she was in high school began battling drug addiction.
Scarlett has bipolar disorder. Scarlett has a daughter.
Career
In 2007, while pregnant with her daughter, Scarlett saw an advertisement for a web development position at a real estate firm. She had learned to code when she was younger, experimenting with web development on the blogging platform LiveJournal. She got the job, and worked there for a portion of the year before becoming a freelance developer. In 2011, Scarlett began working as a web developer at USA Today.
In 2015, Scarlett began a job at the Activision-Blizzard video games studio. She began to be more aware of discrimination and prejudice in the technology industry, and pressed the company's human resources department on gender-based pay discrimination she had observed. She left the company, which would later be subject to a 2021 lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing over alleged systemic discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation.
After leaving Activision-Blizzard, Scarlett worked at World Wide Technology, then became a lead software engineer at Starbucks. At Starbucks, she joined others to organize an ultimately successful campaign to address gender-based pay disparities. After leaving the company in 2019, she wrote publicly about what she alleged to be a practice at Starbucks of paying lower wages to workers in areas that were predominantly Black or had high proportions of underrepresented groups. Through this writing, she began to be known as a worker's rights activist.
In 2019, Scarlett began working for Webflow. She continued to write, primarily advocating for fair pay for members of underrepresented groups.
Apple
See also: Apple Inc. and Apple worker organizationsIn early 2020, an Apple engineer referred Scarlett for a job on Apple's software security team, and she began working there. Later that year, Apple hired Antonio García Martínez, who had previously written in a book that women int he Bay Area were "soft and weak, cosseted and naive". After being approached by other employees who believed the hire was not in keeping with Apple's stated principles on diversity and inclusion, Scarlett wrote a letter to speak out against the hire, and making a list of demands towards the company. She posted the letter on Twitter, and it earned media attention; Garcia Martinez left the company shortly after the controversy. During the 2021 lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard, Scarlett helped direct women who had experienced sexual harassment at the company to a group of other women who were joining a lawsuit against the company. Also in 2021, Scarlett began to believe, based on anecdotal evidence, that there was a wage gap at Apple. When employees tried to organize an internal survey to gather pay data, Apple quashed it. Scarlett launched her own survey, outside of Apple, and filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that Apple had stopped employees from discussing their salaries.
References
- ^ Albergotti, Reed (October 14, 2021). "She pulled herself from addiction by learning to code. Now she's leading a worker uprising at Apple". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 14, 2021.