GrubHub CEO strongly suggests employees who support Donald Trump's 'hateful politics' should quit
The CEO of GrubHub is facing backlash for a companywide email he sent out the day after Election Day. In an email Wednesday to the food delivery website's more than 1,000 employees, Matt Maloney told workers that if they agreed with Donald Trump's "hateful politics," then they had "no place" at the company:
Maloney followed up that email with a statement Thursday clarifying that his remarks had been "misconstrued" and that he "did not ask for anyone to resign if they voted for Trump." "To the contrary, the message of the email is that we do not tolerate discriminatory activity or hateful commentary in the workplace," Maloney wrote, noting the company "welcomes and accepts employees with all political beliefs, no matter who they voted for in this or any election."
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