Apple employees circulate petition demanding investigation into ‘misogynistic’ new hire
Update May 12, 9:36pm ET: Apple has confirmed Antonio García Martínez is no longer with the company. The original story is below.
A group of Apple employees has written a petition asking for an investigation into the hiring of Antonio García Martínez — a former Facebook product manager and author of the book Chaos Monkeys.
In the petition, the employees expressed concern about García Martínez’s views on women and people of color. His hiring “calls into question parts of our system of inclusion at Apple, including hiring panels, background checks, and our process to ensure our existing culture of inclusion is strong enough to withstand individuals who don’t share our inclusive values,” they write.
More than 2,000 employees signed the...