> If people getting paid over six-figures at a two-trillion-dollar company refuse to come into work at the spectacular billion-dollar headquarters where every luxury is provided, then those employees have lost all grasp on reality and have no right to petition anyone about anything.
Petitioners:
> Without the inclusivity that flexibility brings, many of us feel we have to choose between either a combination of our families, our well-being, and being empowered to do our best work, or being a part of Apple
Sounds reasonable to me. Apple Park, as I understand it, is an open plan office - good for management surveillance and face-to-face meetings, but bad for people who need to concentrate in order to get their work done.
Many companies (including Apple I presume) offer some sort of child care, but often it's hard to get because demand vastly exceeds supply. Working at home can help with that to some extent.
On the other hand I think Tim Cook was asking for M/Tu/Th as office days, which doesn't sound completely terrible for productivity since you'd still have W/F/Sat/Sun for working at home and actually getting things done.