The Author of the Book Chaos Monkeys has commented about his very public firing at Apple on Twitter
On Monday we had learned that Apple hired the author of the book Chaos Monkeys which was a NY Times Bestseller. He had been with Apple for over two months and his professional title at Apple was noted as Product Engineering, Ads Platform. On Wednesday we posted a report titled In a rare move, Apple Employees circulate a Petition demanding an investigation into the company s misogynistic new hire. On Thursday, we posted a report title Apple Backtracks and Sends their recent Ad Engineer Hire Mr. Martinez Packing after receiving an angry Employee Petition. We ended the report noting: Whether we ll hear from Mr. Martinez on this matter in the future is unknown at this time. 24 hours later, Mr. Martinez took to Twitter.
15 May 2021
Apple has fired a recently hired Facebook veteran just hours after other employees began to circulate a petition calling for his firing. The Masters of the Universe have once again demonstrated that cancel culture rules in Silicon Valley.
The Verge reports that Apple has fired a newly hired employee, Antonio García Martínez, after other company employees began to circulate a petition calling for an investigation into his hiring.
Martínez previously worked as a Facebook product manager on the ad targeting team and has previously authored a controversial book about Silicon Valley that seems to be the main point of contention with many Apple employees.
(AGENPARL) – THE HAGUE (THE NETHERLANDS), sab 15 maggio 2021 By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – 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 defamatory statements about him. Apple said on Wednesday that Antonio García Martínez, a former Facebook Inc product manager who joined its advertising business in April, was no longer with the company. The iPhone maker made the move after more than 2,000 Apple employees signed an internal petition objecting to what they denounced as sexist and racist views in his 2016 book “Chaos Monkeys” about working in Silicon Valley.
Apple parted ways with a new employee this week after thousands of workers petitioned the company to investigate how it hired the man, who had previously published an autobiography they said contains misogynistic statements.