Ex-Apple employee Antonio Garcia Martinez speaks out on firing

Following an unceremonious exit from Apple reportedly prompted by employee backlash over a passage from his 2016 autobiography, Antonio Garcia Martinez commented, albeit briefly and without specificity, on the situation.

Garcia Martinez joined Apple's ad team in April and was dismissed — fired, he says — in May after employees circulated a petition calling for an investigation into his hiring.In a Twitter Spaces chat with tech journalists Kara Swisher and Casey Newton, Garcia Martinez characterized his axing as a "snap decision" on the part of Apple management. Citing a strict non-disclosure agreement, he offered no additional information regarding the move and claims to have been in the dark about the petition prior to a news blitz.

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