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Alex Cooper is opening up astir nan claims astir nan activity situation astatine her media company, Unwell.
While attending Cannes Lions, nan Call Her Daddy podcast big addresses nan allegations of a toxic workplace.
“I will opportunity that building a startup, location is truthful overmuch maturation that comes pinch that, and I americium highly proud of what we person built astatine Unwell,” Cooper told The Wall Street Journal’s Suzanne Vranica. “And I will conscionable benignant of time off it astatine ‘don’t judge everything that you publication connected nan internet’ — but I deliberation everyone knows that astatine this point.”
Last month, Vanity Fair published a study citing complete 40 sources astatine Cooper’s Unwell, which was allegedly fostering a toxic activity situation pinch her hubby and co-CEO Matt Kaplan being verbally abusive to employees.
Vranica pressed Cooper connected nan claims that immoderate of her labor person pinch nan media mogul, saying, “I deliberation that we person done a really unthinkable occupation astatine Unwell, and I deliberation if you locomotion nan halls, location are truthful galore group that are truthful happy to activity astatine this company. I think, unfortunately, being a female successful this manufacture is highly difficult because you’re held to a complete different standard. Whether it’s a smear run being created for someone’s communicative — immoderate it be.”
She continued, “I deliberation erstwhile you publication lies astir yourself to substance thing other that is an evident business going on, it’s hard. But I deliberation nan logic that I’ve had occurrence successful this manufacture is I person really heavy skin, and I’m going to support pushing forward.”
