Antonio GarcÃa MartÃnez said Friday that Apple fired him, and knew about his previous writing.
The employees called his comments misogynistic and demanded Apple investigate, The Verge reported.
Former Apple employee Antonio GarcÃa MartÃnez has disputed the company s account of his departure, claiming on Twitter on Friday the company fired him and that it was aware of the content of his autobiography, which came under fire from employees this week. Apple was well aware of my writing before hiring me. My references were questioned extensively about my bestselling book and my real professional persona (rather than literary one), GarcÃa MartÃnez tweeted.
An Apple Inc engineer who left the company this week after thousands of coworkers signed a petition calling for him to be sacked said on Twitter he was fired in a snap decision and that Apple made. | May 15, 2021
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Antonio García Martínez, the former Apple Inc. engineer who was fired in the wake of an employee protest over his past comments about women, said the company was previously aware of the writing that ultimately led to his dismissal.
“Apple was well aware of my writing before hiring me,” García Martínez wrote on Twitter on Friday, his first public comments since leaving the iPhone maker this week. “My references were questioned extensively about my bestselling book and my real professional persona (rather than literary one).” The ex-Apple engineer also said that he was “fired by Apple in a snap decision” and that he “upended” his life to join the Cupertino, Calif., company.
Former Apple employee Antonio García Martínez has refuted the company’s portrayal of his high-profile ouster this week and claims Apple knew about his past writings demeaning women and people of.
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