The thing is those employees allow themselves to mix political issues with corporate life because they saw their CEO issue those same kind of statements about other political issues in the past.
I feel CEO making public statements around political issues is typically an american thing.As an example, my personal experience in France is that politics is completely out of bounds of corporate life.
Sure, but the US is consistently beating France in terms of economic performance. And Silicon Valley itself, home of outspoken employees and CEOs, beats the US as a whole. Why should we sacrifice economic growth in the name of political correctness?
California also beat US in the past, before this recent trend of CEO wanting their company to become at the forefront of political issues. I don’t think it’s in any way related. I’d say the recent trend is on the contrary people in the industry wanting to leave california despite the good salaries...
