Skift set out to be a progressive media startup, but some insiders say the company failed women and people of color

  • Date: 30-Oct-2020
  • Source: Business Insider
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:GCC
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Skift set out to be a progressive media startup, but some insiders say the company failed women and people of color

When travel media startup Skift launched in 2012, it espoused progressive values and said it would be covering the travel industry in an entirely new way. 

Business Insider spoke with three current and 13 former Skift employees, many of whom said there were times when women felt uncomfortable and mistreated in the workplace. 

They also said that the company's CEO, Rafat Ali, was an unpredictable leader whose behavior was sometimes unprofessional.

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Sarah Enelow-Snyder, a Black biracial woman, was promoted twice during her time at the travel news startup Skift, eventually becoming a news editor. While she worked at Skift from June  2016 to January 2020, Black travel was one of her main areas of coverage. 

She came up with the idea for a podcast about Black