I always appreciate truth in advertising. Other bigwigs at Campbell’s might not agree.
As part of a wrongful termination suit, a former employee has produced recordings of his boss, a VP of information technology, sharing this wisdom along with statements like "it’s not healthy now that I know what the fuck’s in it … bioengineered meat. I don’t wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3D printer.”
And for good measure, he threw in some racism about “fucking Indians” too. He sounds like a peach.
The good news is that he’s just the IT executive and his (mis)inderstanding of his company’s product, while unusual and concerning, is not especially damaging to has ability to function within the company. An IT specialist can IT anything. (Like a manager can manage anything.)
The bad news is that he’s still a racist CT loser.
Yeah but when you tank the company stock because of something you said you are not likely to endear yourself to your bosses. I would expect that person to be fired unless they are somehow the only person who can do that job (not likely).
What some IT guy says shouldn’t matter, but it still does. Headlines don’t say IT, they just say Campbell’s executive. And Florida’s attorney general yesterday announced an investigation of Campbell’s to determine if they are using illegal “lab grown meat.”
It’s all BS and grandstanding of course, but it’s not exactly great press.
The executive who made the rant was wrong, of course, but Googling, Michigan is a two-party consent state, so could the employee get into trouble for record it?
But not everyone is a fan of UPSIDE’s innovative product. On May 1, 2024, Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis signed SB 1084, the first law in the country to ban the manufacture, distribution, or sale of cultivated meat.
IANAL, but it’s hard to imagine an argument against it that would stand up. State laws can do almost anything, so long as it doesn’t conflict with the state or federal constitution, or a federal law on something where the feds have jurisdiction, and I can’t imagine that there’s anything in the Florida constitution protecting the production or distribution of lab-grown meat.
(Aside: I’m currently eating a bowl of Campbell’s soup)
True, but you’ve got to pick your battles. Campbell’s VP of IT criticizing the healthiness and the ingredients in Campbell’s soups is as silly as Campbell’s head chef criticizing the coding used in Campbell’s IT software.
He might have criticized something he actually knew about, in other words; rather than something he likely does not.