Chief executives routinely face barbs from investors and the media. Now some are dealing with criticism from a group closer to home: their own staffs. Two recent workplace sagas—at online luggage seller Away and G/O Media, the publisher of former Gawker Media sites such as Deadspin and Gizmodo—highlight the more outspoken scrutiny that some leaders face from employees. At both companies, disgruntled workers led efforts to pressure their chief executives over behavior or decisions they didn’t like.
Source: Wall Street Journal February 01, 2020 10:30 UTC