WiseTech chair alleges ‘threat of violence’ against CEO

WiseTech’s founder and chair, Richard White, wrote to staff late on Sunday evening to allege there had been “personal attacks, vitriol, and deeply offensive behaviour in group chats” regarding the restructure of the software company due to AI.

The company did not provide any examples of this when asked on Monday.

Multiple staff Guardian Australia spoke to suggest all questions to the executives in the chat have been seeking more information on the redundancies in a professional manner, and argue they are being attacked for asking questions.

White’s email also alleges the chief executive, Zubin Appoo, received a handwritten note “threat of violence … containing personal information and offensive comments directed at members of his family”.

A spokesperson for WiseTech said the matter “is under police investigation” and said: “WiseTech has zero tolerance for threats of violence, abuse, intimidation, harassment, vitriol or offensive behavior against anyone.”