A US tech company says its chief executive has quit after he was apparently caught on a big screen at a Coldplay concert embracing a female co-worker, in a clip that went viral.
The clip showed a man and a woman hugging on a jumbo screen at the arena in Foxborough, Massachusetts, before they abruptly ducked and hid from the camera.
The pair were identified in US media as Mr Byron, a married chief executive of Astronomer, and Kristin Cabot, the firm’s chief people officer.
I was interviewing with this company 💀. Withdrew my application/interview last week because of this.
Didn’t leave a reason. Just emailed recruiter, “I am no longer interested”.
Also, they have like 6-7 interviews with various people in company.
Really? How would this have impacted you as an employee? And how do you know the other companies are different?
Stock goes down, they lay people off to make it go up. And they will be without a CEO for a while. The fill in person probably will be at a disadvantage in deal negotiations because the topic of conversation will be the affair, not whatever product they are offering. That will also hurt the companies future prospects and stock price.
Stock goes down,
Why?
they lay people off to make it go up
This. Is. Not. How. It. Works.
And they will be without a CEO for a while
Substantial costs savings.
The fill in person probably will be at a disadvantage in deal negotiations because the topic of conversation will be the affair,
This is one of the wildest assumptions I have seen for a while.
That will also hurt the companies future prospects and stock price.
How?
Its so weird tha dude had to resign and get suspended just because he had an affair.
Dont get me wrong, dude is a scumbag (like most CEOs) for cheating on his wife and so is the lady who also cheated on their partner. Without question they did wrong and should face their personal consequences.
But why in the USA hell is this an issue on the work side - it shouldn’t be Let whoever fuck with whoever non of the companies business.
He was technically her boss. And he gave her that job. Was it because she was sleeping with him? That will certainly cause people at the company to assume so. So whenevr the next person doesn’t get a promo, they will sue because the company fostered an environment where you only get ahead by having sex with your superiors. Also, most companies have a written policy about fraternizing with subordinates. It usually states termination as a consequence of breaking the policy.
Also, most companies have a written policy about fraternizing with subordinates. It usually states termination as a consequence of breaking the policy.
This is completely fucking moronic. Employees are not a company property. Good there is the article 8 (right to private life) of Humans Rights Act in the UK, stopping madness like this.
Are you seriously suggesting is perfectly normal in the UK for the CEO to have an affair with the head of HR that he hired, and no one would complain because of human rights act?
It is perfectly normal to not have your personal life controlled by a company, yes.
Blows USians mind, eh?
I’m not a USian, I just have critical thinking skills.
It’s called conflict of interest, and disclosure is often required to avoid accusations of favoritism.
Disclosure - yes. That can be requested and an employee may be sacked if he fails to disclose such information. Unlike USA however, companies are unable to tell an employee to NOT have a relationship with someone at work. It can make a decision to move employees in relationship to other teams if for example there is a risk involved.
You’re not understanding the full context of this situation. And then acting like everyone else here are the dumb ones.
You should just stop embarrassing yourself.
You should just stop embarrassing yourself.
Are you a teenager? 🙄
I am from the UK and this wouldn’t fly here either.
You can’t be sleeping with your employees dude that’s a clear power imbalance dynamic and you would be fired here too for having a relationship with a subordinate.
It’s not like companies give a shit who you sleeping with but they have rules in place to prevent abuses of power and also to protect their own image.
Seems pretty naive that you can only see this from a very limited angle.
You can be sleeping with your employees dude that’s a clear power imbalance dynamic and you would be fired here too for having a relationship with a subordinate.
Educate yourself.
https://www.employmentlawreview.co.uk/personal-relationships-at-work-what-does-uk-law-say/
You can be forced to disclose relationships and sacked if you fail to do so. You cannot be sacked for having a relationship.
Completely banning personal relationships at work would likely breach an employee’s right to a private life. However, that doesn’t mean employers can’t put measures in place to mitigate risks to the business caused by such relationships. Policies employers may want to consider implementing include:
Ensuring that employees disclose any workplace relationships they have so that appropriate steps can be taken to minimise risks
Restricting employees who deal with recruitment from the process if it involves someone they have a personal relationship with
Potentially changing an employee’s manager if they’re in a relationship with their current one, providing this doesn’t discriminate against them
I don’t believe I said it was the law. I’m saying most companies have policies against it.
Read again. You cannot be sacked for having a relationship and companies are not allowed to forbid that. Admit you were wrong and move on.
Your article clearly says they can have policies about it. The penalty for not following policies is often termination. So the article doesn’t say what you are claiming it does.
Once again, America shows how “free” they actually are.
And to show that the protection is not theoretical in Europe: Walmart implemented that policy when they tried getting into the German market twenty years ago. They were so insistent that it took a judge to tell them to stop it since it was against the law(It’s sraight up against the first and second article of the German constitution, which protects personal freedom).
Thank you, try to explain it to morons who downvoted my comment.
It’s shitty of them, especially him. But, at least he has the decency and shame left to step down after this.
Why “especially him?” And why is he the only one of them who needs to resign from their job? Why is it only the men who get heat for having affairs like this? You think she didn’t know he was married? Why this societal bias?
Why “especially him?”
Maybe because of the power imbalance? Wasn’t he her superior?
Why is it only the men who get heat for having affairs like this?
What strange world do you live in? Usually women are treated much worse after such incidents.
You think she didn’t know he was married?
And in such case, why is HIS marriage her responsibility?
There may have been an imbalance, but seems the nature of the relationship was pretty mutual, not coerced.
I think in this specific scenario, the guy has been flamed pretty hard
FYI, they were both married people with their respective marriages.