Ex-workers allege TikTok’s owner retaliated after racism complaints
Two Black ex-employees allege in a new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge that their managers retaliated against them after they complained about racism.
Hasnain says:
No words
“Later, Matima alleges she learned from a colleague that she was commonly referred to by managers as a “black snake” and that her direct supervisor said that “black snake” was the “spirit animal” that he associated with her.
“I can’t stress enough how dehumanizing it was to learn of that,” she said in an interview.
After Matima formally complained again about discrimination from her manager, ByteDance earlier this year let both Matima and her supervisor go, according to the complaint. The company told her she was being fired for poor performance, according to the complaint.”
Posted on 2023-09-24T17:22:04+0000