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Podcast: The Unspeakeasy With Meghan Daum
Episode: When The Workplace Is A Woke Place: Jennifer Sey on Corporate Branding Versus Personal Beliefs
Description: Jennifer Sey spent more than twenty years at Levis Strauss and Company, rising through the ranks to Chief Marketing Office and then Global Brand President. In 2020, she was in line to become CEO of the company when the Covid pandemic hit and she found herself working from home with four kids out out school. Soon, she became frustrated by school closures and puzzled about lockdown polices for kids in general. And she started speaking up about it. This did not sit well Levis and Jennifer was eventually forced out of the company — and offered a million dollar severance package in ex...