To think the CEO of McDonalds

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Should not have been dismissed for a relationship with a "subordinate"

As long as both parties are not acting inappropriately at work. I.e blatant favouritism or bring their personal line into work then what's the problem?

Or am I missing something massive?

@historysock

Well, since it sounds like five years ago it was a laddish hell hole, (for anyone not interested in fucking their colleagues), isn't it good that they are now at least APPEARING to enforce the policy?

I'm sure there could be more to this, but we'll probably never know what it is.

I know in offices I've worked in where people just ignored this policy, it only became a problem when it became a problem iyswim. People could start relationships, bug when it all got a bit incestuous and people weren't doing their work properly or fairly, then people reported it. And once it's been reported, maybe by a few people, (angry exes included), and admitted to by the couple, who thought it was ok cos everyone does it, they kind of have to enforce it. Or they should.

Absolutely it's a good thing. I never felt the women working in that office were treated quite fairly-again anecdotally. Exh and I used to have 'dicussions' about it frequently and I didn't like who he was at work really.
The execs could be quite Lairy in certain circumstances so hopefully it's by now changed and/or this will make it change further.

I think opinions on this case are influenced by the fact that the guy is so senior. But I'm looking at this from a wider implications standpoint. I'm wondering whether a middle manager on £25k could be flung out on the streets and not able to feed his/her mortgage because they fell in love. Not because of any abuse of power, impropriety, favouritism etc. You're fired!

Can you not see the situation could easily lead to abuse of power and favouritism? His contract would interpret the relationship as impropriety?

Can you not see the situation could easily lead to abuse of power and favouritism? His contract would interpret the relationship as impropriety?

Or it could lead to a happy long term relationship? My DB and DSIL are proof of that.

Apparently it’s more common in the Us to state employees can’t have relationships.

True, but it's usually limited to staff where one is in a supervisory role over the other. The idea is that the authority muddies the issue of consent.

He would have been in a supervisory role over, well anyone though as the CEO?

He would have been in a supervisory role over, well anyone though as the CEO?

Exactly, so he should have been looking elsewhere or one of them should have resigned if they wanted to pursue a relationship. That's what Melinda Gates (French at the time) did when she and Bill Gates met at Microsoft.

It wouldn't have been good for her to stay if the relationship became common knowledge. Too much gossip and concern about favoritism.