Posts in Israeli software company chat encouraged staff to support Israel’s “narrative” in Hamas conflict
Staff in the Dublin office of Wix were told the Israeli software company was addressing “non-work” related content posted in internal discussions, after employees were encouraged to support Israel’s “narrative” in its conflict with Hamas.
The channel invited employees to “join a company initiative to create videos and creative campaigns”, to “support Israel’s narrative”.Jennifer O’Connell: The best little country in the world in which to swim in your own sh*tOne post advised staff to avoid focusing on numbers when posting about attacks on Israelis, as “the number of deaths and bombings in Gaza will be significantly higher”.
“We really appreciate all of the feedback we have received and will do our best to continue addressing it,” she said.In a recent Slack post a manager announced the company wide “supporting-Israel-narrative” channel was being shut down. The company’s decision to sack Ms Carey was criticised by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste Micheál Martin, as well as People Before Profit and Solidarity.
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