However, we did agree with many of the points in Ms. In a statement provided to Business Insider, Yelp declined to comment on the specifics of Jane's firing but described her letter as a "real, personal narrative" and "an important example of freedom of speech" - a mixed message considering its actions. Hours later, Jane updated her post to announce she was fired, sparking a minor firestorm about Yelp's employment practices. The post challenged Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman to find other ways of feeding or paying his employees, such as partnering with local food banks or allowing customers to donate to their needs on checkout. One of them started a GoFundMe because she couldn't pay her rent."įor many struggling to get by in the Bay Area, Jane's post hit home, and her name rose in the regional trending ranks on Twitter, according to Business Insider. They're taking side jobs, they're living at home. "Every single one of my co-workers is struggling. "So here I am, 25 years old, balancing all sorts of debt and trying to pave a life for myself that doesn't involve crying in the bathtub every week," Jane wrote. Read more: 11 Brutally Honest Reasons Why Millennials Don't Want Kids
She said spending 80% of her income on rent left little to none for necessities like food, leaving her in constant hunger. In a post Friday on Medium titled " An Open Letter to My CEO," Talia Jane, an employee of Yelp and subsidiary Eat24's customer service department, wrote that her $8.15 after-tax hourly pay rate was so low for the expensive Bay Area that 80% of her income went toward her $1,245 rent.
Yelp, the San Francisco-based restaurant and business-rating website, fired an employee for complaining about its low wages - and its response to the ensuing criticism is making the controversy worse.
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