Levi's Jennifer Sey resigns over pressure on views about COVID school closures

Jennifer Sey was a rising star at Levi Strauss. The former gymnast spent decades working her way up at the jeans company, eventually even being considered a possible candidate to become CEO. Then COVID-19 happened. In a blog post, she wrote that she decided to leave the apparel maker after it pressured her to stop speaking about her opposition to school closures because of the pandemic. 

Sey also said she turned down $1 million in severance because she feared it would come with a non-disclosure agreement that would prohibit her from talking about the reasons behind her departure. 

"The money would be very nice. But I just can't do it," she said Monday in her blog post, published on a Substack account run by conservative writer Bari Weiss.