"Dozens of Slack messages show that Benioff made "multiple" jokes about ICE agents, including about ICE surveilling employee travel. "A joke about ICE surveilling employees' travel, when there are literally employees afraid to travel for work due to current situation," one employee wrote, according to a screenshot viewed by Business Insider. "It's hard to believe this company still has values when you make completely off-base jokes about ICE in your opening keynote," another employee wrote. That's unacceptable."
""I'm deeply disappointed and uncomfortable that two jokes about ICE were made in the first few minutes of Marc's opening keynote," a third employee wrote. "The fact that the first was made after welcoming our teammates who traveled from outside the US? Even worse. We have many great things to be proud of and stand behind at this company, but these tasteless, insensitive jokes have made it hard to focus on that message. I'm going to have to take a break from watching to regroup.""
Salesforce held an employee-only Company Kickoff in Las Vegas that was also livestreamed internally. Marc Benioff made multiple jokes about Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including remarks about ICE surveilling employee travel. Dozens of Slack messages captured immediate employee anger, disappointment, and concern, with some noting colleagues are afraid to travel for work. Employees described the jokes as off-base, tasteless, and inconsistent with company values, and some said the remarks made it hard to focus on the event. Benioff had previously suggested National Guard deployment ahead of Dreamforce and later apologized.
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