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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

CEO forced to apologise after telling employees to ‘get out of pity city’

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The CEO of MillerKnoll was forced to apologise to her employees after her comments asking them “to leave pity city” went viral.

Andy Owens, the head of the upmarket furniture maker, made those comments in March during a town hall in which, in response to a question, she asked her employees to stop worrying “about what you’re going to do if you don’t get a bonus” and otherwise “leave pity city”.

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