Powell rolled out a 31-page document in June detailing his company’s culture that included sections like “we don’t forbid offensiveness” and said there should be a “tolerance of diverse thinking.”
He tweeted in mid-June that “people get triggered by everything and can’t conform to basic rules of honest debate. Back to dictatorship,” a post that caused backlash from critics.
In response, Powell told Protocol: “I guess some people interpreted having rules as being arrogant or being authoritarian. I don’t know if these people are cut out to be working in any company.”
“I don’t know what to say to people who feel like they deserve some kind of a workplace where they don’t have to adhere to policies,” Powell said. “If that comes off as authoritarian or whatever, you know, I guess that’s fine.”
