Your reported response to Talia Jane’s letter is inappropriate, especially considering the serious and vital issues she raises in that letter. Sign this petition if you agree that those working for YELP-owned companies deserve higher wages, and demand Stoppelman reinstate Jane and pay her and the rest of his employees a living wage. Living in the Bay Area only exacerbates the hardships. When an employee of a billion-dollar company is taking home less than $9 an hour, her struggles with poverty are not caused by location - they’re the result of her company's refusal to pay her a living wage. Most importantly, it’s an important example of freedom of speech.” Jane’s post and we viewed it as her real, personal narrative about what it’s like to live in the Bay Area. In his reported response to Jane’s letter, Stoppelman joins Re/Code in ignoring the real cause of her struggles - noting only his agreement with Jane's "point" that the cost of living in the Bay Area is too high - even though clearly that wasn't her point at all.Įven worse, in a note that could hardly be more patronizing and evasive, “A Yelp spokesperson echoed Stoppelman’s comments," saying the company “… did agree with many of the points in Ms. Re/Code says Jane’s letter “ricocheted around the Internet… as it was a rare public censure of company exec, and it touches on the sensitive issue of high housing costs in the Bay Area." Although Stoppelman said Talia Jane wasn’t fired because of her complaint, he fails to address her convincing chronicle of what it's like to work full time and still struggle in the depths of poverty. A customer service representative said she was fired shortly after writing an open letter on Medium to Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, complaining about her low wages at Yelp-owned EAT24.
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