"Time owner Marc Benioff irked some employees when he asked international staffers to stand up at a conference before joking there were ICE agents in the back of the room, presumably ready to deport them. That move drew faint boos from the crowd, according to a report from Gazetteer SF. The quip was made in front of thousands of Salesforce employees at the company's annual kickoff event in Las Vegas on Tuesday."
"Later, he offered a callback to that groaner: He asked how many people had not yet used a Slackbot tool, the tipster said, then cracked another joke about ICE being present. He then took a jab at Bad Bunny's instant-classic Super Bowl halftime performance Sunday, saying that he wasn't sure what it was about. Salesforce employees were not pleased. It's hard to believe this company still has values when you make completely off-base jokes about ICE in your opening keynote,"
Marc Benioff asked international staffers to stand at Salesforce's annual kickoff in Las Vegas, then joked that ICE agents were in the back ready to deport them. The remark drew faint boos from thousands of employees. He later referenced a Slackbot and cracked another ICE-related joke, then mocked Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance. Employees reacted angrily, calling the joke off-base, tone-deaf and inconsistent with company values, with one internal Slack comment receiving almost 800 emoji reactions. Benioff previously supported sending National Guard troops to San Francisco and later walked back that comment.
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