Clearly, this email was a terrible idea. People have a right to their own politics without it affecting their career.<p>That being said, the statement sounds terrible when summarised like this. The email was (to my eyes) clearly intended as a message of support to those who felt threatened by Trump's policies.<p>By pairing it with Trump's politics specifically, it is turned into a threat to those who support Trump. Whether the author did this intentionally is pretty irrelevant, he's going to end up threatening those people just as he tried to defend others against being threatened. While he technically didn't say explicitly what the title claims, it's clearly implied (intentionally or not).<p>If instead, the email had decried actual issues that will (in my opinion) come from the Trump presidency, then that would have been reasonable.<p>This is, as always, the hard question of how far we have to tolerate intolerance. Generally we draw the line at a call to action, and supporting a candidate definitely doesn't cross that line.
The email just shows what a sheep he is for regurgitating everything the media has said about Trump without actually taking a second to think about it.<p>Trump's wife is an immigrant! Can there be any better proof that Trump doesn't hate immigrants? The xenophobia argument was bullshit made up by the media to manipulate people to vote for Hillary and this CEO bought it hook line and sinker.<p>Trump media also told a lot of bullshit - I'm not trying to target Hillary supporters specifically. I would say the same thing if a CEO was trying to tell his employees that Hillary should be 'locked up' if Trump had lost - To me it would be equally stupid media-vomit.<p>It's just that when I see how much of a 'follower' (of the media) these supposed 'leaders' can be, it's depressing.
What Matt Maloney (Grubhub CEO) said was:<p>"I want to affirm to anyone on our team that is scared or feels personally exposed, that I and everyone else here at Grubhub will fight for your dignity and your right to make a better life for yourself and your family here in the United States. If you do not agree with this statement then please reply to this email with your resignation because you have no place here."<p>That's not an statement against supporting Donald Trump, that's a demand for the protection of human dignity and opportunity. Perhaps the author assumes that there are no Trump supporters who support dignity and opportunity for all, an absolutely false generalization.
Again such a wrong headline. He did not say that at all. He pointed out specific ideas of Trump that he was against and those are the ones that any sane person would be against.<p>Clickbait titles can be very harmful.
"If you do not agree with this statement then please reply to this email with your resignation because you have no place here"<p>This is elitist and exactly why we are here today. The country right now needs all of us to be at our best and show inclusiveness.
As others posted, it seems to me care wasn't taken to be super clear on what was slightly ambiguous email about telling people to resign. That is a huge deal from a CEO. That line should have been left out. CEO should not be so careless with communication.
Alright, he made a gamble here, he wrote this so leftists and liberals make it viral and the company becomes a champion for diversity and other companies join him and the stock goes up, aaaand he was wrong.
> <i>Upon regaining composure after reading the email today, I tried to short the stock. Too late. It had already dropped by over 4% — $120 million of shareholder value already incinerated.</i><p>> <i>Didn’t he see the firestorm coming? Like I said from my experience, Matt has been a good steward of shareholder money. How could he do something this stupid? I don’t think Matt would have knowingly risked the damage done for political principle.</i><p>It's a weird world in which it's <i>unthinkable</i> that you might be willing to risk shareholder value for political principle.
This is kind of weird logic to me. I see the letter as a good thing.<p>He thinks the letter is bad because Grubhub's market cap dropped $120M? To me this CEO is commendable. He stands for protecting people from a dangerous and inept man, despite the monetary (and probably social capital) costs. If dumbass VCs don't see a threat in Trump's behavior and want to shun this guy, he's ok with that.<p>The author of this article is saying "Don't say bad things about the fascists, you'll lose money". I strongly disagree. Do everything you can to keep people, at-risk communities, and the planet safe during this presidency.<p>Someone else wrote it better on twitter today:
"The Holocaust Museum in DC features IBM in its permanent exhibition. Our industry can choose its role in history."
(by @marcprecipice)<p>If you weren't previously aware of the fact that IBM used its technology to facilitate the Holocaust, you can read about it here: <a href="http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/</a>