In addition to the sexist statements, he also came under fire when he compared a co-worker named Chander to a rickshaw driver. In his ill-fitting polyester polo shirts with color palettes stolen from the late seventies, he reminded me of the bored auto-rickshaw drivers in front of Connaught Place, Delhi, who d overcharge you a hundred rupees to go down the street to Paharganj, he wrote.
The hiring of Martínez called into question the system of inclusion at Apple, including hiring panels, background checks, and processes to ensure the existing culture of inclusion is strong enough to withstand individuals who don t share our inclusive values, the petition stated.
Apple Employees Up In Arms Over New Top Hire With Long History of Sexist Quotes
A startup star who wrote in his memoir that “Most women in the Bay Area are soft and weak” is Apple’s new ad executive, and Bay Area women who work at Apple would like a word.
The tech industry press had generally glowing remarks on Monday when Apple hired Facebook alum Antonio García Martínez to the Apple Store ad team. “It s the latest sign of the company s growing advertising ambitions,“ said Business Insider. The similarly named Apple Insider similarly observed it was “a sign that the Cupertino tech giant is expanding its own advertising ambitions.”
Apple Employees Petition New Hire Over Views on Women, People of Colour
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Apple employees circulated a petition on Wednesday to express concern over a new hire and his apparently problematic views on women and people of colour.
In the petition which is available to read in full over at The Verge employees object to the hiring of former Facebook product manager and
Chaos Monkeys author Antonio García Martínez. In his book, García Martínez details his journey from Wall Street to Silicon Valley, and according to employees, his characterisation of that journey and the role that women in particular played in it is among their primary causes for concern.
Apple said Antonio García Martínez, a former Facebook product manager who joined Apple recently to work in its advertising business, is no longer with the company.