There are claims that a group of female employees proposed changes to one of the prototype headsets that would make it a better fit for typically female clothes and hairstyles. And I have an office with glass doors, I don't want people to see me with these beautiful girls with ugly things on their faces.' They're not going to want to put a big ugly device over their pretty faces. During the call, Henry said of the product under development, 'I'm sitting here between two beautiful ladies. The complaint also references a call between Magic Leap CFO Scott Henry, head of operations Tina Tuli, and the leadership team of major advertising company R/GA. The lawsuit alleges that it took seven months to convince Abovitz to attend the presentation, and when he finally did, he left halfway through it.Īnother alleged incident involves a female hire asking IT support lead Euen Thompson a question, to which he responded: "women always have trouble with computers." When asked to repeat his statement, the technician allegedly replied: "In IT we have a saying stay away from the Three Os: Orientals, Old People and Ovaries." Campbell assured the woman that Thompson would no longer be giving new hire orientations as a result, but he continued to do so. She was hired by CEO Rony Abovitz to "help with the pink/blue problem," referring to the lack of women in leadership positions and its male-focused marketing.Ĭampbell claims that in her first month at the company, she was asked to prepare a presentation to highlight the lack of gender diversity at the firm. Tannen Campbell, Magic Leap's former vice president of marketing and brand identity, says the company is a hostile working place for women. The latest scandal to hit the company comes via a sexual discrimination lawsuit, filed by a former VP who was hired to help the firm appeal to women. These last few months haven't been the best for augmented reality company Magic Leap.
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