Employee Allegedly Told Bloomberg She Was Pregnant. She Claims Bloomberg Told Her: ‘Kill It!’
In a lawsuit filed against Bloomberg, in which he settled, the following happened:
The Washington Post Reports
On April 11, 1995 at approximately 11:20 a.m., Bloomberg was having a photograph taken with two female Company salespeople and a group of N.Y.U. Business School students, in the company snack area. When Bloomberg noticed Garrison standing nearby, he asked, “Why didn’t they ask you to be in the picture? I guess they saw your face.” Continuing his penchant for ridiculing recently married women in his employ, Bloomberg asked plaintiff, “How’s married life? You married?” Plaintiff responded that her marriage was great and was going to get better in a few months: that she was pregnant, and the baby was due the following September. He responded to her “Kill it!” Plaintiff asked Bloomberg to repeat himself, and again he said, “Kill it!” and muttered, “Great! Number 16!” suggesting to plaintiff his unhappiness that sixteen women in the Company had maternity-related status. Then he walked away.
The Post interviewed former Bloomberg employee David Zielenziger, who said he witnessed Bloomberg making the comments and that Bloomberg’s behavior was “outrageous. I understood why she took offense.”
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