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.
Seems like if they hadn’t reacted to their images on the screen, this whole thing would have gone unnoticed.
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.
Because it’s a conflict of interest to not disclose a relationship with a subordinate. This is a normal course of action, it’s just been denormalized as of late.
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.
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.
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.
Hey if you can show me some legal precedence then perhaps I’ll admit to being wrong but you only provided a non official article discussing this not some legal precedence of these rules in employment contracts being contested and overturned in a court of law.
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?
The Europeans had, and still have in some cases, dynastic royalty and state religions and stuff. The personal freedom to use your power imbalance at work for sexual gratification seems like the sort of thing they’d be proud to never move forward away from.
It is perfectly normal to not have your personal life controlled by a company, yes.
Blows USians mind, eh?
I think the main issue is that he was cheating with the head of HR
All this tells me is that he is rich enough to not care about a job and just take a sabbatical until the commotion has died down.
Its all just not wanting to deal with other humans.
Two coworkers on equal footing is one thing (though still discouraged), but when there’s a power imbalance (ceo-hr, manager-associate) it becomes a pretty significant conflict of interest.
Some examples;
A Manager gives favor to their lover and promotes them over other employees that fit the position better or did more to earn it.
CEO signs off on a big bonus for their subordinate lover, who then shares it with them on a fancy cruise.
Because if you’ve been proven to be immoral and a liar no one wants to work with you or buy your product. Of course they’re going to force the CEO out.
Just like mr trump right? Right?
Ehhh, cults are a little different
They only get forced out when they get caught.
Immoral liars are mandatory for C-suite positions otherwise.
if you’ve been proven to be immoral and a liar no one wants to work with you or buy your product
*Donald Trump enters the chat
This story is being promoted in the media to distract from trump being a child rapist
A big part of being a CEO is being the face of the company. Many companies hire a CEO simply based on their recognition in the industry. If you have a bad image, companies won’t want to associate with you.
This story is being promoted in the media to distract from trump being a child rapist
sure, but like there can be more than one thing happening.
Exactly. He can rape little girls AND women.
Also he can do all that raping AND also beat his ex wife because she was the one who suggested the doctor that did his hair transplant which then became painful (according to the court case that got paid off).
Furthermore he can do all that raping and beating and paying off of victims AND also bankrupt many casinos!
That dude is a multi tasker if I ever did see one.
The reactions I’ve seen to this event make me cringe more than the event.
Yeah same for real though, are people this bored??
I think it’s less boredom and more more “hey a story that’s not about the world being on fire.”
CEOs world is clearly on fire 🚒
Big mistake. You always play it cool. If the police catch you getting your dick sucked, just play it cool. They won’t suspect a thing.
Just say it wasn’t you
You can’t use past tense when they’re looking right at you.
But I saw you in the bathroom.
Wasn’t me
🎶I even caught you on camera!🎶
I get being embarrassed but resignation seems like an overreaction. Coldplay isn’t that bad.
Hey other tech CEOs, when you take your mistress to a concert where there’s a crowd camera, have a chat ahead of time about how to play it cool. Bet nobody would have noticed if they’d just smiled and been boring for a second until the operator moved on. That’ll be $50,000 please.
Before this
CEO: Who are they going to complain to? HR?!
Kristin Cabot, the firm’s chief people officer.
That’s not a good look 😬
She’s switching to Public Affairs.
Standard HR. Not a profession that’s renowned for moral and ethical integrity.
Well she is working with people. Two of them but one didn’t know about the other.
*didn’t
She took her job “people officer” too literally.
It was a great look at the “couple”
Inb4 his ex wife files for alimony+child support, and he tries to claim no income.
Don’t forget about how he blames the Democrats for getting ‘canceled’ and gets a speaking role at the next Republican Convention.
my understanding is the wife already changed her last name on facebook, so divorce filing is pretty much a given. He is definitely claiming no salary income, but she’s gonna grab him by the assets
Don’t these C-level guys usually get a golden parachute? He “tendered his resignation”, but probably still got some severance. Board could force him out but probably triggers some other vesting/equity clause. So having him “resign” but give him golden parachute.
Golden parachutes usually don’t involve inter-company affairs. He’s going to be lucky if the board doesn’t sue him for defamation of the company name essentially.
What an insane comment and by-product of the modern day.
That’s not how it generally works. If you quit, the court will impute an income and you will owe based on that.
That’s exactly why I said “tries”.
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.
Take it and milk it.
Source: OE.
Pity. I hear they have an opening for CEO, with perks.
These multiple rounds of interviews to get a job are fucking ridiculous. They chose the pope in two fucking days, you do not need a week’s worth of interviews to know if I’m worth giving a paycheck.
I guess it depends on if they are interrogation style interviews or more of a getting to know you kinda thing. For my current job I had like 4 casual interviews and it was a blessing in disguise. I applied for a role that I was pretty tired of but had the most experience in. Without letting me know the first interviewers recognized that I had some skills that would fit well with a different position that wasn’t advertised on their homepage yet. In the end I was offered a job for the latter!
I know this is anecdotal and probably not how it usually goes. I also agree that 6-7 interviews is probably overkill. But multiple interviews aren’t always a bad thing.
To be fair, it has occasionally taken a very long time to choose the next Pope, which is how they ended up with the tradition of locking the cardinals up together and not letting them out until they’d made a decision in the first place.
tradition of locking the cardinals up
Seems like a good idea to implement all the time.
A lot of children would be living a better life.
Really? How would this have impacted you as an employee? And how do you know the other companies are different?
CEO having an affair with head of HR… The flag for rampant violation of company policy from above, nepotism, mix of private and professional life… really cant get more red unless the head of HR is also his daughter.
A ceo that’s fucking his employees is probally fucking his employees.
It also makes working for the company a punch line on your resume.
“Ohh, you worked for Astronomy? Wasn’t that the company where the CEO got cuaght fucking around at a Coldplay concert?”
The above may be a good or bad ice breaker at future interviews, but its still something you may have to deal with.
There’s an expression “fish rots from the head down”, meaning when the leadership of an organization is bad, the whole thing starts to stink. In this case, the CEO was having an affair with the head of HR, and was so unsubtle about it that he was caught like this at a public event. So, either the rest of the execs are completely unaware of what’s happening around them, which isn’t good. Or, they’re aware and did nothing about it, which is also bad.
Sure, this may be happening at plenty of other companies, but those CEOs have at least managed to avoid getting caught. Why work for the one company you know is troubled like this?
So what? Let whoever fuck whoever you dont have to participate and just say no.
Dont ruin your own family bu cheatimg on them however
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?
Lmao. I’d seen the photo floating around, but didn’t know the story behind it
Me too. Just realizing everything now.
Your link is weird. This one works:
They really Coldplayed their families
Does Coldplay cover any Queen songs? “We will, we will, doxx you!”
I think they just endlessly and relentlessly cover the one Coldplay song.
That hand placement…
Am I dirty in my head, or is he actually holding her from the boobs?
