Apple says it parted ways with recent hire Antonio García Martínez, an ex-Facebook staffer and author, after employee petition citing “misogynistic statements”

Apple has severed ties with recent hire Antonio Garcia-Martinez, a former Facebook employee and author …

Axios 2021-05-13 Ina Fried

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@devonbl @devonbl on x
It's so exhausting being a woman in tech; sitting opposite men who think because of my gender, I am soft and weak and generally full of shit. It's not even worth it to say I have worked relentlessly for every accomplishment I have https://twitter.com/...
@markgurman Mark Gurman on x
Antonio García Martínez, a newly hired engineer on Apple's ads team, is gone from Apple after employee backlash regarding sexist comments he made in his book Chaos Monkeys, company says. Employees have been incredibly angry about his hire and questioned Apple's hiring practices.
@sandofsky Ben Sandofsky on x
Meet Apple's newest hire for their ads team. https://www.vox.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@paulg Paul Graham on x
Antonio García Martínez is actually a good guy. He might write the occasional shocking thing for effect, but he'd never, for example, organize a petition to deprive someone of their livelihood.
@moorehn Heidi N. Moore on x
Let's not leave out his absolutely incredible email about his own narcissistic excellence after I blocked him for abusive behavior. Imagine someone like this sending emails to women at Apple @tim_cook https://twitter.com/...
@zoeschiffer Zoë Schiffer on x
Antonio García Martínez is no longer working at Apple. His Slack account was deactivated this afternoon. Then his team was pulled into an emergency meeting where the news was confirmed. https://twitter.com/...
@davidsacks David Sacks on x
Some of the most intolerant people in the world control the most powerful platform in the world. There should be constraints on their power to discriminate against Americans because of their views. https://twitter.com/...
@mark_t_gray Mark Gray on x
@sandofsky His book is full of statements like that https://twitter.com/...
@moorehn Heidi N. Moore on x
This is the same guy who flipped out several years ago when I said that child-free people have lives equal in value to parents, then chased me across multiple platforms posting that I was “a barren bitch” or similar. Other women have similar stories. He's a monster, basically. ht…
@caseynewton Casey Newton on x
We got that AGM letter that's been floating around Apple https://twitter.com/...
@lukolejnik Lukasz Olejnik on x
New Apple hire has some extraordinary opinions on the topic of user privacy. I wonder how they go along Apple's (said) privacy priorities? https://twitter.com/...
@gabbifish Gabbi Fisher on x
The person who wrote this book—which is interlaced with SO MUCH misogyny—was recently hired at Apple and it's horrifying. If you work there, please DM me and I can link you to an open letter and petition related to this man's hiring https://twitter.com/...
@backlon Dieter Bohn on x
It has always been weird how Apple seemed to avoid public reckonings from its own employees in the way other big terms firms have - that changes in a big way today. https://www.theverge.com/...
@reckless Nilay Patel on x
That was fast https://www.theverge.com/...
@markgurman Mark Gurman on x
Apple says “we have always strived to create an inclusive, welcoming workplace where everyone is respected and accepted. Behavior that demeans or discriminates against people for who they are has no place here.”
@moorehn Heidi N. Moore on x
Genuinely surprised that a company listened. I spoke up because he could be a danger to the mental health of women in the workplace. All my admiration to the Apple employees that mobilized so fast and effectively to stand up for diversity and safety. https://www.theverge.com/...
@eade_bengard Eade on x
If you guys think this is sexist, you should hear about the time Apple welcomed the creative mind behind “bitches ain't shit” to their team. https://twitter.com/...
@maxwinebach Max Weinbach on x
The new Apple guy isn't necessarily wrong, what he said is mostly accurate, but that doesn't mean it should be accurate and Apple, who's publicly all about privacy, hiring this guy is probably not the best move for anyone. https://twitter.com/...
@emilykager Emily Kager on x
Pretty wild that Apple would hire someone so publicly misogynistic. I'm sure many men in tech think women are soft and weak and full of shit, but not all of them publicly write it in a book. I can't imagine being forced to work with someone who published these thoughts proudly. h…
@moorehn Heidi N. Moore on x
I don't know who's in charge of hiring at Apple these days but needless to say, surely a company like that can do better than to hire open misogynists @tim_cook @notlucamaestri
@alicegoldfuss Bletchley Punk on x
love a man saying he would trade women for shotgun shells during a plague, yet during a literal plague women both came out of retirement and dropped out of the workforce to keep humanity afloat https://twitter.com/...
@gassee Jean-Louis Gassée on x
OK, good, quick reaction. Now, How come he got hired, vetted? You know the one cockroach theory. How many such bad hiring decisions? https://twitter.com/...
@sdw Sebastiaan de With on x
@reckless to be fair, as an app developer I know apple is very good at quick rejections
@plswatchgundam @plswatchgundam on x
He's wrong, but only because this is true of the men in the Bay Area too. https://twitter.com/...
@sdw Sebastiaan de With on x
@Sommer I hope Apple reconsiders this hire. So sorry that you have to deal with this. :|
@twostraws Paul Hudson on x
It's not often we see Apple employees take a collective stand on something, but when they do *damn* do they get results fast 🙌 https://twitter.com/...
@reckless Nilay Patel on x
I feel like “Apple sides with the existing employees of world's most valuable company over one new guy who is a self-styled misogynistic asshole” is pretty rational, on the whole https://twitter.com/...
@sommer Sommer Panage on x
Every day, I go to work, and I know that some ppl view me this way. I don't know which ppl, but I've heard shit like this enough that I know it's ever-present in our world. It angers me to see these viewpoints expressed by someone in a leadership role at my own company. https://t…
@ellearmageddon @ellearmageddon on x
Being femme has meant receiving feedback like being told my philosophy on incident response — which is built on my experience as an emergency medical responder under extremely hazardous conditions — is “too soft” to work in a tech context. It ISN'T, but I'm femme, so it must be. …
@moorehn Heidi N. Moore on x
Needless to say I am not “barren” but imagine the kind of psychopath who would even use that word. He shouldn't be employed anywhere.
@ejacqui @ejacqui on x
Wow + welp https://twitter.com/...
@emilygorcenski Emily G on x
I pray every day that I can cross paths with a man like this so that I can simply wither him where he stands https://twitter.com/...
@jandersen @jandersen on x
@buzz Given that Apple just defined privacy as “anything an issuer has organically is okay” I have severe concerns about what's happening there
@alexeheath Alex Heath on x
Did no one at Apple like.. read the book before he joined? What a bizarre situation. https://twitter.com/...
@chr1sa Chris Anderson on x
Apple hiring manager: “You seem perfect. Anything else we should know”? AGM: “Yeah, I'm a brilliant jerk. Just ask the Internet” AHM: “You had me at brilliant!” AGM: “Are you sure?” AHM: “Yep. No need to check with PR” AGM: <gets in jeep> AHM: “Whoa. Internet.... You're fired” ht…
@danielpunkass Daniel Jalkut on x
Hey Apple employees who objected to your company hiring a repugnant jerk. Good job! https://www.theverge.com/...
@hoofed_locust Zach Walton on x
I am privileged to call so many exceptional women at Apple my coworkers. This hiring decision is unacceptable and I stand with them https://twitter.com/...
@sarahtaber_bww Dr Sarah Taber on x
“Come pandemic they'll be useless” I can't LMAO I had COVID clocked before anyone else in my town, stocked supplies, grew food, launched a distributed PPE production line, sold 6 figures worth of masks, & talked a friend through firing a man who was trying to steal her company. h…
@edzitron Ed Zitron on x
Couldn't happen to a bigger shithead lol https://twitter.com/...
@bhansmeyer Becky Hansmeyer on x
Wow, if this is true, Apple's response was surprisingly...swift. https://twitter.com/...
@mathiasverraes Mathias Verraes on x
Get used it to it people: if Apple does it, others will follow. The mindset is changing: having to work with misogynists or racists is no longer “normal”. Having them in your company is a liability now. https://www.theverge.com/...
@karlbode Karl Bode on x
this guy is representative of everything Silicon Valley claims to be moving away from, including juvenile sexism and an outright apathy to consumer privacy abuses https://twitter.com/...
@counternotions Kontra on x
Can't blame the adtech bro, he is who he is. What's disturbing is the broken recruitment/hiring process that allowed this to happen at Apple. Lack of judgement is palpable.
@novallswift Novall Swift on x
Today we made our voices heard. We proved that standing up for what's right makes a difference. Our work is not done here. This is only a sliver of something much larger. We can all do our part to make the industry better for everyone.
@jensimmons Jen Simmons on x
If the last 15 months have taught me anything, it's that I'm quite proud of how strong, and ethical, and resilient, and generous I've been during this “epidemic plague”. I'll go up against any tech bro on that. Also, yes, this is exhausting. https://twitter.com/...
@ekp Ellen K. Pao on x
I wonder if he got paid to leave and how much https://twitter.com/...
@fiodeer @fiodeer on x
These dudes who talk about survival situations would always be the first to go. “I'd trade a woman for a box of shotgun shells” bro you'd be eaten by a cannibal who offered you some fucking brain force pills in a basement dont kid yourself. https://twitter.com/...
@karlbode Karl Bode on x
idiotic own goal for Apple that could have been avoided with 30 seconds of research https://twitter.com/...
@s1guza Siguza on x
D A M N, Apple fired that guy faster than they patch publicly dropped 0days. But damn right they should. https://twitter.com/...
@gartenberg Michael Gartenberg on x
Whole thing is very bizarre. Apple vets (or used to) people really well, especially for a gig like this. https://twitter.com/...
@can @can on x
Governments should dictate who they can hire and fire based on their published works is your libertarian brain on Twitter https://twitter.com/...
@rmac18 @rmac18 on x
If anyone knows what it's like to be held accountable for what they write, it's this guy https://twitter.com/...
@rebeccawatson @rebeccawatson on x
weird that a bunch of women made this happen. I heard somewhere that they're weak 🤷‍♀️ https://twitter.com/...
@caro_milanesi Carolina Milanesi on x
I do struggle to think whoever hired Antonio García Martínez did not care this was a book not a tweet that you might be able to give a pass to they must have not been aware of the content of the book. I doubt it gets listed in his resume https://twitter.com/...
@della_morte_ @della_morte_ on x
Keep in mind this man will almost certainly land in another cushy highly paid corporate job in the next month when everyone starts bleating about how this was “cancel culture” in action depriving him of his livelihood. https://twitter.com/...
@timnitgebru Timnit Gebru on x
Hmm. Meanwhile at Google, HR ppl said I had an “agenda” to “get rid of some people” when I talked about this type of behavior, then they decided they should get rid of me instead of those ppl so.... https://twitter.com/...
@shiringhaffary Shirin Ghaffary on x
This is a major moment for worker activism at Apple, a company which is known for being incredibly private and closed off to employee debate on sensitive topics, even internally. Also a sign that Apple is taking employee concerns about sexism seriously. https://twitter.com/...
@benedictevans Benedict Evans on x
@sandofsky This is basically what all the survey data says, of course -a small number of people care a lot and most people care a little, but not enough to get angry or bother change anything. This is the basis of Apple's strategy - invert the default.
@buzz Buzz Andersen on x
@jandersen Yeah, really undermining all the goodwill I was starting to feel toward Apple for their recent privacy work.
@quinnypig Corey Quinn on x
I'm going to take the opposite position here and say I really appreciate the guy putting this in his book. It's the closest we're likely to get to him wearing an “I'm a shitgibbon” sign everywhere he goes. Most dudes like this whisper these shit opinions. +1 for transparency! htt…
@schwa Jonathan Wight on x
A good rule of thumb might be “don't hire ex-facebook execs”?
@karlbode Karl Bode on x
the entire adtech/telecom/app data trafficking ecosystem is a convoluted unaccountable hellscape of greed-driven confusion, and the pretense that your average consumer even understands what's happening in the first place is a pretty big ask https://twitter.com/...
@bluespacecanary @bluespacecanary on x
What this actually means is just that current UI paradigms help launder invasive tracking in ways that mostly aren't obvious or even visible at all to end users, so it doesn't feel like an invasion of privacy is happening on a gut level https://www.vox.com/... https://twitter.com…
@itsthebrandi @itsthebrandi on x
There's “don't care” and there's “given up because the industry makes everything so complex and companies repeatedly circumvent protections.” It's more the latter. https://twitter.com/...

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