I think that political purges in the workplace are a bad idea. The U.S. should have learned that lesson in the 1950s, when people lost their jobs for being communists.[0]<p>This kind of discrimination would be illegal in California, where "political activities or affiliations" are a protected class.[1]<p>However, Grubhub seems to be based in Chicago[2], and political affiliations don't seem to be protected under Illinois law.[3]<p>Political affiliation is also not a protected class under Federal law.[1] Perhaps it should be.<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Ten" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Ten</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism</a><p>[1] <a href="http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/california-employment-discrimination-31690.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/california-employment...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grubhub" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grubhub</a><p>[3] <a href="https://www.illinois.gov/ihrc/Pages/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.illinois.gov/ihrc/Pages/default.aspx</a>
I, on the whole, don't agree with this sort of thing; sounds like the CEO is a complete asshole. I certainly wouldn't work there and will certainly not use their service just based on this alone.<p>Having said that, the shareholders should be able to hire/fire anyone they please. Period. If they delegate that right to a board, and then to managers, so be it. The proper response to the use of commercial power to intimidate or harass or discriminate against employees (or customers) is to respond in kind: call them out on it, don't do business with them, don't do business with other businesses that choose to closely partner with them. So long as that's done with honesty and not making shit up, then more power to you.
Wow that is so insanely extreme. At least other tech leaders have been more calm. Did he think at all about those comments? There are investors as well as Grub Hub is a public company.
If I worked there I would wear a Trump hat at my desk every day just to spite him. What an enormous fucking asshole.<p>I can't believe I am right down the street from such an intolerant and bigoted tech company.