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> After one particularly charged Rogan blowup in 2021 (he said of Caitlyn Jenner that “maybe if you live with crazy bitches long enough, they fucking turn you i
by deanCommie 4y ago
> After one particularly charged Rogan blowup in 2021 (he said of Caitlyn Jenner that “maybe if you live with crazy bitches long enough, they fucking turn you into one,”) Reply All co-host Alex Goldman wrote in an open Spotify Slack channel that he had been contacted by a Vice journalist who was looking to speak anonymously with Spotify staff about how they felt about Rogan’s comments and previous episodes about trans issues. Staff immediately flagged the Slacks to company higher ups, who reprimanded Goldman, and forced him and several other employees to post apologies written by the company in Slack.
I don't know what's more frustrating - that Alex Goldman - an ostensibly technical person - would be stupid enough to put a callout to journalists seeking to speak employees anonymously in a company Slack, or that the company would think it smarter to force him to apologize publicly rather than deleting the message and reprimanding him privately.
Just bad judgement all around.