Broadly/VICE - ‘Any Voice Is Better Than Silence’: Fired Yelp Employee Reacts to Media Backlash

“Last week, a Yelp Eat24 customer service representative finally had enough. Her job was tough and unrewarding, and the pay—roughly $730, bi-weekly—barely covered her rent, with little left over for groceries or transportation. So Talia Jane, the 25-year old Yelp employee, took to Medium to pen an open letter to Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, alerting him and the rest of the world to the low wages being paid to entry-level employees living and working in San Francisco, one of the most expensive cities in North America. She wrote about how her experience at Yelp is hardly unique. “Every single one of my coworkers is struggling,” she noted. “They’re taking side jobs, they’re living at home.””

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