News Intel's Brian Krzanich resigns over fraternisation

Ok I skim read that.

So he lost his job for having a consensual relationship?

Right. Ok. No, not buying it as that's nonsense even if it's supposedly in a contract. May as well contract in not being able to go to the loo, not going to happen.

 

If the company has the policy of 'don't shag your secretary', then don't shag your secretary...


But that said, i think they've gone looking for the easiest thing they can fire him for so they don't have to go the through the ballache of booting him out for some of the other things.

 

And so the veil of Intel's rhetorical Bullsh*t continuess to play out...

And if playing away, don't get caught lol

 

When dealing with a relationship where one individual has direct power over the other, how would you ever prove to a court that the relationship was in fact consensual?

The party with power could claim the other threw themselves at them and threatened to cry wolf if they didn't get their way.
The party without power could claim the other made advances with the threat of demotion or dismissal if they were refused.

Even if they both stood up in court and claimed it was consensual, the ongoing fear of reprisal undermines the statement. Moreover how would either individual ever be able claim objectivity in a dispute over discipline, promotion, favouritism and so on? It's a green light to entire rafts of lawsuits every time someone gets or doesn't get what they want.

It's also a pretty standard policy in any large company, law enforcement, military and so on that senior positions don't get to have non-professional relationships with their subordinates. This guy evidently ignored it, since he has been allowed to resign I don't feel bad for him, I'm sure he'll be getting a nice golden parachute on his way out the door. She (or he) better have been hot...

 

To be fair, in a lot of business sectors, line of promotion = It's not what you know, it's who you blow.

Welcome to the real world

 

Yeah I do know all this.

What happens if two people actually fall for each other though? Miss out because of job titles?

Sure if that's how you want to live a life at the end of which you can say "at least I had a good job....". Fulfilling....

#romanticdan

 

Aye and there's the problem.

But I guess no risk no reward.

 

You're fired !

 

Just try to imagine the guy at Intel responsible for reverse engineering AMD products and the woman at AMD responsible for reverse engineering Intel products trying to have a normal conversation with each other

 

You, good sir, made my day with that laugh.