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If that had happened today Bill Gates would have had to step down as CEO and would have been disgraced for fraternizing with an underling.

by wincy 6y ago

alberth 6y ago
IIRC, when she married Bill - she resigned from the company.
- wincy 6y ago
  Right but it echoes the recent scandal at Intel, the details are different obviously but companies aren’t exactly known for their careful and thoughtful consideration of heavy-handed policies https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Intel-CEO-resigns-after-past-consensual-affair-13013838.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Intel-CEO-resig...
  - blowski 6y ago
    It echoes, but - while I don't know the details of either situation - they could be different enough that it would still be handled in the same way today. For example, I imagine it would depend on how quickly the people involved made the board and HR aware of their relationship. The CEO can then recuse themselves from converstaions about and with their partner. Also, it seems like the knives were already out for Krzanich, and there are some for whom this would be a useful pretext.
  - spoonjim 6y ago
    When you see something like this, the board wanted him out anyways. This was the perfect opportunity. If Elon Musk has an affair with an employee the Tesla Board will release a solemnly worded statement and say that he’s being required to attend certain trainings and produce certain mea culpas.
    - tinus_hn 6y ago
      I think Elon Musk would simply say ‘none of your business’. If he followed the rules he wouldn’t be tweeting about Tesla from his personal account.
      - jsight 6y ago
        I'm not aware of rules preventing the CEO from talking about the business from a personal account.
        ChrisClark 6y ago
        We make up rules to attack anyone we don't like. :)
        thaumasiotes 6y ago
        There are such rules in place for Elon Musk specifically as a result of a settlement with the SEC, but he ignores them. (The rule he's ignoring is not that he's not allowed to tweet about Tesla from his personal accout, it's that he has to have such tweets vetted by a lawyer.)
        jsight 6y ago
        I am aware of those specific rules. I have no evidence available to me that he is breaking them.
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  - astura 6y ago
    Well that says Intel has a non-fraternization policy and presumably Microsoft didn't when Bill and Melinda started dating.
- jdsully 6y ago
  They dated for a long time before then and she actively had to meet with him in a work context for the famous BillG reviews. She's done interviews talking about how it was managed and how she wanted to be seen as still pulling her weight.
sp332 6y ago
Um... ok?
DoreenMichele 6y ago
Maybe we could view it is a case study in how to pull this off successfully instead of implying they did something wrong and actively spreading the current atmosphere of blight?
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If that had happened today Bill Gates would have had to step down as CEO and would have been disgraced for fraternizing with an underling.

by wincy 6y ago

If that had happened today Bill Gates would have had to step down as CEO and would have been disgraced for fraternizing with an underling.

alberth 6y ago

IIRC, when she married Bill - she resigned from the company.

wincy 6y ago
Right but it echoes the recent scandal at Intel, the details are different obviously but companies aren’t exactly known for their careful and thoughtful consideration of heavy-handed policies https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Intel-CEO-resigns-after-past-consensual-affair-13013838.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Intel-CEO-resig...
- blowski 6y ago
  It echoes, but - while I don't know the details of either situation - they could be different enough that it would still be handled in the same way today. For example, I imagine it would depend on how quickly the people involved made the board and HR aware of their relationship. The CEO can then recuse themselves from converstaions about and with their partner. Also, it seems like the knives were already out for Krzanich, and there are some for whom this would be a useful pretext.
- spoonjim 6y ago
  When you see something like this, the board wanted him out anyways. This was the perfect opportunity. If Elon Musk has an affair with an employee the Tesla Board will release a solemnly worded statement and say that he’s being required to attend certain trainings and produce certain mea culpas.
  - tinus_hn 6y ago
    I think Elon Musk would simply say ‘none of your business’. If he followed the rules he wouldn’t be tweeting about Tesla from his personal account.
    - jsight 6y ago
      I'm not aware of rules preventing the CEO from talking about the business from a personal account.
      - ChrisClark 6y ago
        We make up rules to attack anyone we don't like. :)
      - thaumasiotes 6y ago
        There are such rules in place for Elon Musk specifically as a result of a settlement with the SEC, but he ignores them. (The rule he's ignoring is not that he's not allowed to tweet about Tesla from his personal accout, it's that he has to have such tweets vetted by a lawyer.)
        jsight 6y ago
        I am aware of those specific rules. I have no evidence available to me that he is breaking them.
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- astura 6y ago
  Well that says Intel has a non-fraternization policy and presumably Microsoft didn't when Bill and Melinda started dating.
jdsully 6y ago
They dated for a long time before then and she actively had to meet with him in a work context for the famous BillG reviews. She's done interviews talking about how it was managed and how she wanted to be seen as still pulling her weight.

sp332 6y ago

Um... ok?

DoreenMichele 6y ago

Maybe we could view it is a case study in how to pull this off successfully instead of implying they did something wrong and actively spreading the current atmosphere of blight?

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