![]() ![]() ![]() Hyder does not appear to have addressed the controversy directly, but posted a message to the Outforce Slack group about a week later to "reaffirm" his commitment as an ally and executive sponsor of the group. "At least I now know we can follow the example and selectively edit recorded meetings to remove things we don't like," another wrote. "This is a way to avoid saying they did anything wrong or even holding the dude who said them accountable (as well as no one stopping him)," one employee wrote in the Slack channel for transgender employees. Some employees criticized the decision to remove Hyder's comments. ![]() Employees asked why Hyder's comments had been removed, to which a company representative responded on Slack: "The Office of Equality and Outforce leadership took into consideration the impact that some comments during the Q&A had on members of the community, so the replay focuses on the main presentation about Pride month." When Salesforce later posted a recording of the June 1 kickoff meeting, Hyder's section was missing. "My favorite part was equating trans people losing healthcare and rights to flying a flag," another wrote in the airing of grievances channel. "Brent Hyder's message for us on Pride kickoff: 'I'm a straight white conservative Christian male and I don't really understand y'all but I'm going to put my Pride flag up in my conservative neighborhood this year even though teenagers might TP my house I am SO BRAVE you're WELCOME," one employee wrote in a Slack channel for transgender and non-binary Salesforce employees, and Salesforce employee parents of trans and non-binary children. Hyder also spoke about flying a Pride flag outside his house and worried his property would be toilet-papered as a result, which some employees felt trivialized issues facing the LGBTQ+ community, according to messages in Slack channels. For example, Brent did not say anyone should embrace hate." "It's our understanding from the leaders and many members of our LGBTQ+ community who were on our Pride Month call that Brent's comments were appropriate and have been inaccurately represented, as relayed to Insider. "We respect our employees' varying perspectives and understand that interpretations can differ," a Salesforce spokesperson said. A note posted to the Slack thread prior to its deletion said "parts of the conversation have become disrespectful and no longer reflect our Code of Conduct." "Kicking off Pride month with being told to embrace the hate leveled at my communities," one employee wrote in a Slack channel called airing of grievances in a thread viewed by Insider and later deleted by Salesforce. But according to people who heard them, Hyder made a number of controversial statements including that members of the LGBTQ+ community should compromise with opponents. Hyder spoke during the event as the executive sponsor of Salesforce's Outforce employee group for "out and proud, LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer) members and allies." Because Salesforce removed the comments from the recording, Insider has not verified Hyder's exact comments and Salesforce repeatedly declined to provide Insider with a transcript of Hyder's comments. Salesforce President and Chief People Officer Brent Hyder offended some employees during the company's annual LGBTQ+ Pride month kickoff and the company later removed his comments from a recording of the event and deleted a Slack thread on the topic, according to a recording and internal messages viewed by Insider. The company later removed Hyder's comments from a recording of the event and deleted a Slack thread about them."Kicking off Pride month with being told to embrace the hate leveled at my communities," one employee wrote.Salesforce's Brent Hyder offended some employees during the company's LGBTQ+ Pride month kickoff.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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