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Re:Tim Cook Faces Surprising Employee Unrest at Apple by clavicat on Saturday September 18, 2021 @08:38PM (#28580654)
> Why not just hire an interpreter?

The message it sends is “you’re so incapable that we need to hire another person just to make up for your deficiencies”. And if it becomes a norm across the corporate world, companies will become even more reluctant to hire deaf people if they know that they are getting one employee for the price of two.

Re:Tim Cook Faces Surprising Employee Unrest at Apple by ModernMech on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:10PM (#28588814)
> The message it sends is “you’re so incapable that we need to hire another person just to make up for your deficiencies”.

It's my understanding the interpreter was requested. I don't think that's the message being sent here. The message would be more like "we comply with this reasonable and lawful request because it makes you, our valued employee of 6 years, even better at their job".

And you're not getting one employee for the price of two, you're getting one employee and a one assistant. Executives get assistants all the time and no one blinks an eye. What, are they so incapable of scheduling their days themselves?