Co-Worker Of ‘The Boy Kings’ Author: No ‘Rampant Culture Of Sexism At Facebook In 2007’

Charlotte Willner, a Facebook employee since 2007 who worked under tell-all book The Boy Kings author Katherine Losse, said her former boss may have been exaggerating a bit when describing the sexist culture in the early days of the social network.

Charlotte Willner, a Facebook employee since 2007 who worked under tell-all book The Boy Kings author Katherine Losse, said her former boss may have been exaggerating a bit when describing the sexist culture in the early days of the social network.

In response to a question on Quora, “The Boy Kings (2012 book): How true are Katherine Losse’s allegations about sex and sexism at Facebook in The Boy Kings?” Willner wrote, as reported by Silicon Alley Insider:

I’m a woman at Facebook who was in customer support at the same time as Kate — she was my trainer, and I was inquisitive enough as a new hire to where she really needed that vacation to Brazil immediately after my first two weeks.

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