Posted on 11/24/2025 10:05:40 AM PST by yesthatjallen
MONROE, Mich. – A Campbell’s employee is suing the company because he said he was wrongfully terminated after he complained about an upper-level executive’s explosive tirade on the product and its customers.
“He has no filter,” said Robert Garza, of Monroe, about his former supervisor at Campbell Soup Company and current Vice President Martin Bally. “He thinks he’s a C-level executive at a Fortune 500 company and he can do whatever he wants because he’s an executive.”
Garza said he recorded an hour-long rant by the top Campbell Soup Company executive because he said he trusted his “instinct that something wasn’t right with Martin,” when he went to meet with him to discuss his salary. Instead, he said he sat at a restaurant and listened to an explosive, hour-long tirade. He recorded all of it.
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In the lawsuit, Garza alleges Bally said Campbell’s makes “highly processed food” for “poor people” and made several derogatory comments about Indian employees, calling them “idiots.”
“We have s--t for f**king poor people. Who buys our s--t? I don’t buy Campbell’s products barely anymore. It’s not healthy now that I know what the f---‘s in it,” part of the recording said. “Bioengineered meat -- I don’t wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer.”
The recording lasted longer than an hour and 15 minutes and included what Garza said was a “disgusting” rant about his coworkers.
“F---ing Indians don’t know a f---ing thing,” the recording said. “Like they couldn’t think for their f---ing selves,” it said in part.
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I wonder if he consulted HR before firing this guy. As written, looks like retaliation.
I suffered through an HR harassment refresher a week or two ago.
I’m finding it hard to disagree with much of what the fellow said during the rant. Campbell’s Soup is to actual soup what Velveeta is to Parmesan Reggiano.
“We have s—t for f**king poor people.”
I think they found their new motto...
What exactly should a company do with an employee who surreptitiously records and executive during a lunch meeting? Whole thing looks like a set-up though the executive seems foolish for allowing himself to be compromised.
I hated the foul language the senior executives used to use on our required all-hands call.
And the required DEI and non-existent gender training videos we were required to watch throughout the year.
I took my early retirement about three years ago.
Americans can’t handle the truth.
Retaliation for what? The guy is an asshole but he wasn’t breaking the law and wasn’t discriminating.
So they took bad but fixable situation and made it worse.This sounds like a purposful attack on yet another American company and part of our culture.
That’s grossly unprofessional.
I would lose respect for that person and would have a polite one-on-one with them about it.
I would like to know how the Indians were brought up in the conversation. It would give the insult more context. At the end of the day, the other higher-ups probably say the same thing and firing Bally would only turn the heat on themselves. The easy route was taking down Garza for illegally recording a superior regardless of what the fat-f*** said. After seeing his picture, it’s also funny he would be concerned what he puts in his body.
Telling the truth about the food
Per AI:
“The Vanguard Group and BlackRock are among the largest institutional owners, holding a significant portion of the company’s stock. “
Check
Martin Bally motivation speaker.
It is ironic that part of the Campbell’s label has an award for best soup at I believe an international exposition, when they first started.
You are criticizing Velveeta? Heathen!!
Probably one of those weirdos who eat pineapple on pizza.
Burn him!
Yes, we all heard about you and HR. Serves you right! What you did to the water fountain left a stain!!.
The beauty of America is that we have choices and can forego all three.
E.g., retaliation for reporting the boss making racist comments about Indian coworkers.
Did he make rude comments about Indian co-workers? That are race or national origin based? All I saw was him insulting the customer and the product.
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