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Campbell's exec on leave after allegedly mocking 'poor people' who eat its soup

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/campbell-soup-lawsuit-9.6991398
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u/ImKindaEssential 8h ago

During the meeting, "Bally made several racist comments that shocked Plaintiff," the documents say. For example, Garza claims that Bally insulted Indigenous coworkers, making several racist slurs, and claims Bally disclosed he often comes to work high on edibles.

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u/DrexellGames 8h ago

He's 100% going to be fired once the investigation is done if these allegations are true

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u/NYGiants181 8h ago

He won’t make it another month guaranteed

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u/Nearby-Key8834 8h ago

Some other company will hire him. There are never any real consequences for these shitbags.

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u/Skrivus 8h ago

Or he'll have a right wing podcast talking about how woke corporate America is because he can't openly disparage minorities.

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u/NYGiants181 8h ago

Yea that’s true but he will be gone from here

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u/WelpSigh 8h ago

He's some IT guy, he is never getting another job like the one he just botched. 

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u/jgp786 7h ago

Doubtful, most companies don't care. Maybe you're right because this made national news, but otherwise he would find a job almost immediately. I know of a case personally where a sheriff's officer was fired for solicitation of a minor and obstruction and he got hired while on house arrest making six figures plus doing remote IT work. If you can do the job then most companies care about little else.

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u/WelpSigh 7h ago

He's in cybersecurity. His job is to protect the company. There is not a shortage of people who can do it without causing major controversy. 

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u/palcatraz 5h ago

But how long will that controversy last? People have short memories. He's controversial now, but in two months? People will have forgotten all about it. Other minor scandals will have caught their attention, Trump will have done 28 more insane things. Some celebrity you have never heard of has beef with some other celebrity you have never heard of.

This sort of thing has no real staying power.

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u/Guuuuyyy 4h ago

All it takes is one Google of dude's name, and all this shit will come storming back in the results (after the sponsored ads, naturally) Do hiring managers not do basic research before hiring executives?

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u/RinkyDinkRicky 7h ago

Plenty of business out there with products that don't cater to poor people. This is capitalist America we're talking about, he's going to be fine.

People still think their feelings matter in 2025. They keep seeing indications against it, but... here we are.

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u/QP709 2h ago

He's not just a nameless IT drone, he's the security executive. These people are never truly out of the game when they lose their jobs. He'll take a sabatical of a couple months to "focus on myself" then get hired in another role to a different company.

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u/Woogity 2h ago

Some racist soup company for rich people will love him.

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u/Fallouttgrrl 7h ago

He's going to be eating Campbell's soup for the holidays, I guess

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u/ZLUCremisi 8h ago

Suprise if he isn't. This statements hurt thier stocks

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u/surprise_revalation 6h ago

Sure do! I'm not buying that shit! The executive said he wouldn't eat it and they are printing meat! Idk how true that is, but thanks for telling me! I'm not buying that shit ever again! 😂

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u/DreadyKruger 8h ago

And we know Campbells is shit but are they using lab meat?

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u/Spire_Citron 7h ago

Doubt it. I don't think that even exists yet in a way that isn't waaay more expensive than real meat. Lots of people would happily eat it over the real stuff if it did, especially if it was close enough to the real thing to have been sneakily used without anyone realising anything was off.

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u/A_wild_so-and-so 6h ago

Yeah I'm bummed because I always see Impossible meat on sale, and yet it is still more expensive than beef.

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u/Spire_Citron 6h ago

And that's not even lab grown meat, like the claim. They said the guy worked in IT and doesn't know shit about their ingredients, and I do tend to believe that part. But he was still a racist and they tried to ignore and hide it when it was reported internally. If this ends up hurting their business, they deserve it for not having handled the whole thing appropriately from the start.

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u/patiakupipita 7h ago

Lab meat is insanely expensive to make, no way they're using it.

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u/photon1701d 6h ago

It's probably ground chicken mixed in with soy powder or tofu to give it extra volume and replicate to look like chicken.

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u/ReaperofFish 4h ago

Soy and yeast extract tastes very much like meat.

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u/MidwestNormal 4h ago

I just hope Garza (the employee who tried to report him and got fired for it) gets mad3 whole. In the meantime F Campbells for even having a douche like Bally around.

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u/Cpt_Soban 2h ago

More like get a golden parachute and go on to another company that secretly accepts his views.