Rogan said that when these workers are “confronted” over not getting work done, “they talk about their activism.” He added that tech bosses at these companies “have to placate” the workers “because they’re a certain percentage of the population that works for the company, and they’re the loudest, and they oftentimes don’t get work done.” Rogan made the comment while interviewing Antonio Garcia Martinez, a former Apple engineer who left after employees petitioned management over allegedly misogynistic writings in his book. “The lunatics are running the asylum to a certain extent because there’s a lot of people working inside the company now that legitimately are mentally ill and they consider themselves activists,” according to Rogan. “The way she described it to me was, ‘It is utter madness,'” Rogan said.

The stand-up comedian then said he had a conversation with a “good friend” who was in a management position at Google before leaving the firm for another “large tech company.” Joe Rogan slammed “activist” employees of large Silicon Valley tech firms as “mentally ill” on Wednesday. “For someone from the outside, we look at it and say: ‘How are those f–king places run?'” Rogan said. Rogan made the comments on his Spotify podcast during an interview Wednesday with Antonio García Martínez, an ex-engineer at Apple and Facebook who parted ways with the iPhone maker after employees complained of “misogynistic” writings in his book.ĭuring the segment, Rogan asked Martínez what it was like to work for a large tech firm.

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