Campbell's employee claims he was fired for calling out VP's 'disgusting' rant about co-workers, food. Now he's fighting

Robert Garza thought helium was walking into a modular wage treatment erstwhile helium met with a superior astatine Campbell Soup Company. Instead, helium sat done what helium says was an hour-long tirade that near him feeling sick.

Garza suggested to Local 4 News that helium felt, “something wasn’t close with Martin,” a vice president and main accusation information serviceman astatine the nutrient institution (1).

What Garza heard — and besides recorded — would yet outgo him his job. Now, the Monroe, Michigan nonmigratory is suing Campbell's, claiming helium was fired successful retaliation for trying to bash the close thing.

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Garza began moving remotely arsenic a information expert for Campbell's Camden, New Jersey office successful September 2024. Later that year, helium met with Bally astatine a edifice to sermon his compensation. But the speech rapidly veered disconnected course.

According to Garza's suit filed successful Wayne County Circuit Court (2), Bally launched into what the ailment describes arsenic a "disgusting" rant astir the company's products and employees. The recording, which lasted implicit an hr and 15 minutes, allegedly captured Bally making racist remarks astir Indian coworkers and disparaging comments astir Campbell's customers.

"We person s--t for f--king mediocre people. Who buys our s--t? I don’t bargain Campbell’s products hardly anymore. It’s not steadfast present that I cognize what the f—‘s successful it," Bally allegedly said successful the recording. "Bioengineered nutrient -- I don’t wanna devour a portion of chickenhearted that came from a 3-D printer."

The rant didn't halt there. According to the lawsuit, Bally made respective derogatory comments astir Indian employees, calling them "idiots" and saying they "couldn't deliberation for their f—ing selves."

Garza besides alleges successful the filing that Bally admitted to regularly coming to enactment precocious from marijuana edibles.

"He has nary filter," Garza said. "He thinks he's a C-level enforcement astatine a Fortune 500 institution and helium tin bash immoderate helium wants due to the fact that he's an executive."

Garza kept the signaling to himself astatine first. He said helium felt "pure disgust" aft the gathering and needed clip to process what he'd heard. But successful January 2025, helium decided helium couldn't enactment silent.