Ben & Jerry's CEO fired for WHAT?!

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Happy Friday Eve Office Partiers! Here’s what’s going on in the world of work this week 👇

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🍦 Ice cream CEO just got melted

🚫 Another Gen Z workplace trend?! (this one actually makes sense)

But first, MEMES!

MEME OF THE DAY

Ice Cream?

Ben & Jerry’s CEO fired for activism

America’s top ice cream brand just fired their CEO (Tillamook is better anyways, tbh). Ben & Jerry’s said its parent company Unilever fired the ice cream maker’s CEO David Stever for backing the brand’s social mission and not because of his job performance.

Unilever said it planned to remove and replace Stever on March 3. Earlier this year, the ice cream brand said Unilever “chastised” Stever in his annual review for “repeatedly acquiesce[ing] to the demands” of Ben & Jerry’s independent social mission board, which oversees the brand’s activism.

Unilever also owns Talenti, Breyer’s, and Popsicle. And apparently they just want to sell good frozen desserts, and not have anything to do with social activism. Seems reasonable for a frozen desserts company. But in classic corporate American fashion, we’ve got a lawsuit on our hands.

In January, Ben & Jerry’s claimed the CPG giant suppressed a social media statement that mentioned President Donald Trump and referenced issues such as abortion, climate change, minimum wages and universal healthcare.

The brand claims the removal of Stever was another attempt to clamp down on Ben & Jerry’s political views and violates an agreement in place with Unilever outlining the process for replacing the company’s top executive.

Work

“Quiet quitting” is out, “Revenge quitting” is in

Long gone are the days of “sucking it up” in the workplace. Workers are tired of being overworked and underpaid, and they’re no longer staying silent about it.

In today’s economy, it’s common for many to spend years getting a college degree, putting themselves in incredible amounts of debt, only to secure a “stable” career that barely pays the bills or allows for any sort of work-life balance. The American dream!!

But now, more workers are getting fed up with companies taking advantage of their time and energy—and they’re revenge quitting, according to VICE.

In recent years, employees have embraced the practice of silent quitting or quiet quitting, which basically entails doing the least amount of work possible without getting fired. But now, they’re taking things to the next level by just completely calling it quits as a form of revenge.

Not only do they quit, however, but many of these workers also publicly speak out against their previous employers in the name of justice. This is a trend we can get behind!

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