Expensify CEO Emails 10 Million Customers Urging Them to Vote for Biden
There was intense debate within the company over whether to send the message, says David Barrett, the CEO.
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Silicon Valley companies are loudly divided over whether politics belongs in the workplace. On Thursday, one of the largest providers of expense account software sent a plea to all of its customers urging them to vote for Joe Biden, injecting politics into 100,000 businesses that use Expensify Inc.’s tools.
The plan incited strong debate within the San Francisco-based company, and some employees disagreed with the gesture, said David Barrett, the chief executive officer. But he pressed ahead and sent the Biden email to all 10 million people who use Expensify software, he said.