MillerKnoll CEO Sparks Viral Outrage After Telling Staff to ‘Leave Pity City’

Andi Owen is latest leader to face backlash after a video from a meeting is shared online

Andi Owen has run the company since 2018. Photo: Sylvia Jarrus for The Wall Street Journal

The chief executive of furniture company MillerKnoll Inc. is facing backlash after a video of her telling staffers worried about not getting a bonus to “leave pity city” went viral.

“Questions came through about how can we stay motivated if we’re not going to get a bonus,” CEO Andi Owen said in a brief video shared on social media, adding that some of the questions were “not so nice.”

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