Andi Owen

Listen to article(1 minute)A tech company employee who went viral for filming her firing and sharing it on TikTok says her video has brought a flood of support. “I don’t regret sharing that,” ex-Cloudflare employee Brittany Pietsch told The Wall Street Journal. “I have received so many messages of people telling me, ‘I wish I would have stood up for myself the way you did.’ ”Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Listen to article(1 minute)A tech company…

It wasn’t the plan, but MillerKnoll Chief Executive Andi Owen passed on a crucial lesson to bosses everywhere this week: Zoom calls are a tricky venue for giving tough love to staff.Ms. Owen may have learned the hard way. In a video that sparked viral furor on social media, she gives a staff pep talk that shifts in tone as she addresses some employees’ “not-so-nice” questions about staying motivated if bonuses aren’t paid this year.  “‘You can visit Pity City,…

The chief executive of furniture company MillerKnoll Inc. is facing backlash after a video of her telling staffers worried about not getting a bonus to “leave pity city” went viral. “Questions came through about how can we stay motivated if we’re not going to get a bonus,” CEO Andi Owen said in a brief video shared on social media, adding that some of the questions were “not so nice.” The chief executive of furniture company MillerKnoll Inc. is facing backlash after a video of her…