Expensify's CEO emailed all users to encourage them to vote for Biden, says “anything less than a vote for Biden is a vote against democracy”
Trump has pressed every boundary of the office, beyond its breaking point in some cases. Michael Kapilkov / Cointelegraph : Charles Hoskinson calls for a different kind of apoliticism than Brian Armstrong Rick Turoczy / Silicon Florist : Expensify CEO encourages customers to vote for Biden Tweets: Rick Klau / @rklau : Wow. Just received an extraordinary email from @expensify CEO @dbarrett. I can't remember ever seeing anything even remotely close to it. https://twitter.com/... David Pierce / @pierce : I'm not sure if this is a level of Slack Efficiency I aspire to or not, but it is serious stuff https://www.protocol.com/... https://twitter.com/... Biz Carson / @bizcarson : “This wasn't just me firing off an email out of the blue,” @expensify's @dbarrett told me last night. Inside the decision to tell his customers that they should vote from Biden — from the Slack rooms to the volunteer team now fielding hundreds of responses https://www.protocol.com/... Rick Klau / @rklau : This interview @dbarrett did with @protocol reveals the process the company followed to engage all employees in the discussion ahead of making a statement. It's a fascinating look into a company leaning into the moment. Thoroughly impressed. https://twitter.com/... Rbe / @rbpundit : This guy doesn't seem to understand how unethical this was. This company will not be around in a couple of years (and I'm being generous). https://twitter.com/... Aaron Klein / @aaronklein : One of the things my team is most upset about is that @Expensify effectively stole their contact information and used it for political purposes. This is one of the most boneheaded moves a company has made since Reed Hastings and Qwikster. cc @techmeme https://twitter.com/... Aaron Klein / @aaronklein : While all the folks in the Silicon Valley groupthink bubble pat each other on the back, I've got an inbox full of emails from my employees — red and blue — wondering why they are getting dumb political spam from their expense reporting software. 🙄 https://twitter.com/... Nick Mercadante / @nmercad : When your expense vendor uses company emails to preach personal ideology and politics at your employees. Sigh... As a Biden supporter this was extremely annoying to see. It's not how to use “your voice.” It isn't effective and it's highly invasive. https://twitter.com/... Ashwini Anburajan / @anburajan : Incredible email... was just forwarded it by a friend ... that a CEO writing to SMB owners would go this far is remarkable and shows that corporate leaders have a massive role to play in this election and can win votes and customers (I'm signing up) by doing so https://twitter.com/... Ian Bassin / @ianbassin : This is corporate responsibility. @dbarrett just showed every other company in America how to do it. Could not be prouder to be an @Expensify customer. It's a fantastic product and clearly a moral and ethical company. If you don't already use it for your company, check it out. https://twitter.com/... Cosmo Di Girolamo / @cosmodigirolamo : This company sent a message to every single one of their 9 million clients, telling them to vote for Biden and that a vote for Trump is a vote against democracy itself. https://twitter.com/... Solomon Hykes / @solomonstre : Amplifying for people looking to leave Coinbase, Facebook and other places run by toddlers. Expensify looks like it's run by grownups. https://twitter.com/... Ellen K. Pao / @ekp : CEO stepping up. Wow https://twitter.com/... Biz Carson / @bizcarson : What do you call the opposite of pulling a Coinbase? Emailing your users and telling them to vote for Biden https://www.protocol.com/... @valleyw0lf : “Expensify depends on a functioning society & economy; not many expense reports get filed during a civil war.” Fiduciary duty in 2020 is wack af. https://twitter.com/... Rand Fishkin / @randfish : We've been pretty politically & socially vocal with SparkToro, but Expensify's email makes even us look like cowardly bystanders. Wow. https://twitter.com/... David Barrett / @dbarrett : @KDimitratos @rklau @expensify Before sending it we had a long discussion, designed to be as inclusive and respectful as possible. In particular, we made a #factcheck Slack room where anyone can contest a factual claim and argue for/against it, then a group of top employees votes on our official opinion. Katerina Dimitratos / @kdimitratos : @rklau @expensify @dbarrett @dbarrett how do you deal with board members, employees, or colleagues that would disagree with sending a political message? Asking for myself and others that would love to approach this as you have 🙋🏻♀ ️ BoboShimatzu / @bshimatzu : @rklau @dbarrett @expensify I love Expensify so it's all good, but man, I could not imagine sending an email to all of my customers regarding who they needed to vote for. Really feels like an invasion of privacy and a breach of trust between customer and company. @anildash : Respect to @dbarrett for telling the truth, plain and simple. https://twitter.com/... Tracy Chou / @triketora : “not many expense reports get filed during a civil war” https://twitter.com/... Erica Joy / @ericajoy : .@dbarrett said “neutral and apolitical where?” saving you a click: looks like expensify is hiring engineers london, melbourne, new york, portland, and san francisco. https://twitter.com/...
Wow. Just received an extraordinary email from @expensify CEO @dbarrett. I can't remember ever seeing anything even remotely close to it. https://twitter.com/...
“This wasn't just me firing off an email out of the blue,” @expensify's @dbarrett told me last night. Inside the decision to tell his customers that they should vote from Biden — from the Slack rooms to the volunteer team now fielding hundreds of responses https://www.protocol.co…
This interview @dbarrett did with @protocol reveals the process the company followed to engage all employees in the discussion ahead of making a statement. It's a fascinating look into a company leaning into the moment. Thoroughly impressed. https://twitter.com/...
This guy doesn't seem to understand how unethical this was. This company will not be around in a couple of years (and I'm being generous). https://twitter.com/...
One of the things my team is most upset about is that @Expensify effectively stole their contact information and used it for political purposes. This is one of the most boneheaded moves a company has made since Reed Hastings and Qwikster. cc @techmeme https://twitter.com/...
While all the folks in the Silicon Valley groupthink bubble pat each other on the back, I've got an inbox full of emails from my employees — red and blue — wondering why they are getting dumb political spam from their expense reporting software. 🙄 https://twitter.com/...
When your expense vendor uses company emails to preach personal ideology and politics at your employees. Sigh... As a Biden supporter this was extremely annoying to see. It's not how to use “your voice.” It isn't effective and it's highly invasive. https://twitter.com/...
Incredible email... was just forwarded it by a friend ... that a CEO writing to SMB owners would go this far is remarkable and shows that corporate leaders have a massive role to play in this election and can win votes and customers (I'm signing up) by doing so https://twitter.co…
This is corporate responsibility. @dbarrett just showed every other company in America how to do it. Could not be prouder to be an @Expensify customer. It's a fantastic product and clearly a moral and ethical company. If you don't already use it for your company, check it out. ht…
This company sent a message to every single one of their 9 million clients, telling them to vote for Biden and that a vote for Trump is a vote against democracy itself. https://twitter.com/...
Amplifying for people looking to leave Coinbase, Facebook and other places run by toddlers. Expensify looks like it's run by grownups. https://twitter.com/...
“Expensify depends on a functioning society & economy; not many expense reports get filed during a civil war.” Fiduciary duty in 2020 is wack af. https://twitter.com/...
We've been pretty politically & socially vocal with SparkToro, but Expensify's email makes even us look like cowardly bystanders. Wow. https://twitter.com/...
@KDimitratos @rklau @expensify Before sending it we had a long discussion, designed to be as inclusive and respectful as possible. In particular, we made a #factcheck Slack room where anyone can contest a factual claim and argue for/against it, then a group of top employees votes…
@rklau @expensify @dbarrett @dbarrett how do you deal with board members, employees, or colleagues that would disagree with sending a political message? Asking for myself and others that would love to approach this as you have 🙋🏻♀ ️
@rklau @dbarrett @expensify I love Expensify so it's all good, but man, I could not imagine sending an email to all of my customers regarding who they needed to vote for. Really feels like an invasion of privacy and a breach of trust between customer and company.
.@dbarrett said “neutral and apolitical where?” saving you a click: looks like expensify is hiring engineers london, melbourne, new york, portland, and san francisco. https://twitter.com/...