Harry appointed senior exec at $1bn startup

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Just seen that Harry has been appointed Chief Impact Officer at a billion dollar valued Silicon Valley startup.
This feels so unfair. I know people who have worked for years first qualifying then gaining experience in their field, without a hope of a job like this. Harry of the 2 A levels and zero formal work experience outside of the army. He can bleat about the hardships of privilege all he wants but he’d never get near a job like this as a private “normal” citizen.

They have had a surprisingly large number of announcements on the days of Harry's family member's celebrations. I don't know whether they clash with Markle significant dates as well.

It's either bad luck or bad planning (though no way near as bad as announcing a pregnancy on International baby loss day, leading to the binning by BBC and others of the hard-won coverage of a difficult and rarely covered issue - eg a segment that should have gone out each hour was only broadcast the once as it was pulled straight away)

How can a start up be valued at a billion dollars?

Why don't you do your research and find out what a chief impact officer is?

I'm not that curious!

Although if there is a JD on their site, I'd probably get a few more phrases I could add to our morning meeting bullshit bingo card!!

A silver spoon gets you everywhere.

They have had a surprisingly large number of announcements on the days of Harry's family member's celebrations

Who the fook knows when Beatrice, Eugenie, Zara, Mike Tindall, Peter Phillips and all those minor royals, when their birthdays are? Who cares?

How can Harry stop the Company announcing this because it is his cousin's birthday. 🤣
It's laughable to criticise them for this and just an excuse to have a poke at them.

Company looking for max publicity across the globe looks for a recruit to help raise their profile quickly....

Do they recruit Jennifer/John ? with an MBA from Harvard and 5 years working behind the scenes at a multinational or do they recruit a currently under employed celeb or similar who already is already a figure head of sorts for a brand instantly recognisable across the globe?

I'd suggest despite the grumbling Harry is qualified.

@Roussette

They have had a surprisingly large number of announcements on the days of Harry's family member's celebrations

Who the fook knows when Beatrice, Eugenie, Zara, Mike Tindall, Peter Phillips and all those minor royals, when their birthdays are? Who cares?

How can Harry stop the Company announcing this because it is his cousin's birthday. 🤣
It's laughable to criticise them for this and just an excuse to have a poke at them.

I agree with you on the birthday thing.

But yesterday was a day to mark lockdown in the U.K. they could have waited a day for the announcement. Same as international baby loss day. Not nice. Just shows imo a lack of empathy. They clearly aren’t fans of the U.K. but it’s the U.K. that has given them their titles.

How is the fact it was the anniversary of lockdown in the UK relevant to anything? I really don’t see why he should withhold the announcement because of that.

well he's got a job. good for him.

posters need to stop thinking of jobs for people like this as being remotely like their own experience of work. its all part of the network they're building so their 'non profit' foundation will hopefully be able to funnel huge sums to them for their valuable 'work'. That was the plan for Sussex Royal but the RF banjaxed it for this reason, though the website is still up. Stuck with the famalam Charles is in charge of the dosh, followed by William then George but not H&M, they'll never get their mitts on the main royal loot. Yes he's got a few tens of millions but in their circles they're comparatively poor. People have second boats that cost more than he's worth, they donate more to universities to get their DC in etc. M has very expensive taste and is high maintenance, they'll burn through his inheritance quite quickly especially if she has political aspirations.

Like other wealthy Americans they will do their compassionate service thing by making woke word salad statements for political points, putting their names to things and paying £10K a plate at fundraisers and so on. No more crowded markets full of ordinary people for the duchess unless its a photo opp and there's a 5* hotel nearby to scrub off the poor at. I don't 'hate' them, its just what its like in that world. The celebrity pals are very quiet though, they'll be wary of rolling out the mat that leads to dripping wealth for them, lest they go running their mouths off to Oprah again.

Derail slightly but after CSL quit Archewell I googled 'Invisible Hand'. has anyone read about Genevieve Roth? A woman so insufferably woke she considers her marriage to a black man racist at a cellular level. Yeah that'll be evolution and vitamin D uptake in your northern ancestors love. I couldn't unroll my eyes to read any more about her. Her poor DH, I'm picturing "pass the salt" "no, salt is white and racist" conversations chez Roth.

The OP is commenting on Harry being given a job for which he has no qualifications

I dunno, here is the charity and him on his role. He might have more experience than you think (not every job requires a qualification - used to be that experience mattered too and personally I think that's a good thing).

www.betterup.com/en-us/resources/blog/prince-harry-chief-impact-officer

@Loggerino

'Chief impact officer' = using him to get themselves noticed.

This.

People are angry (not unreasonably so) that wealth and connections bring privileges. There’s a whole industry though of people paying to get their kids into schools that will allow them to access some part of those same privileges, pushing them up the ladder and above all the other kids whose parents can’t pay.

Whether it’s the friend whose family own that lovely little gallery in Mayfair, or whose father is the CEO of BigCorp Ltd, whose aunt is Head of Chambers at Wiggy Inn or whose uncle has that hedge fund and wants to invest some seed money into Marcus and Jonno’s idea for an app that allows you to rent your artworks out to other wealthy families (“yeah, it’s sort of like Airbnb but for Old Masters”).

Harry is just a convenient high profile representative of how that all works. He was never going to work in a call centre, or on a zero hours contract with Amazon. This is exactly the sort of job you’d expect for him.

@AuntieStella

They have had a surprisingly large number of announcements on the days of Harry's family member's celebrations. I don't know whether they clash with Markle significant dates as well.

It's either bad luck or bad planning (though no way near as bad as announcing a pregnancy on International baby loss day, leading to the binning by BBC and others of the hard-won coverage of a difficult and rarely covered issue - eg a segment that should have gone out each hour was only broadcast the once as it was pulled straight away)

I think it is ludicrous to suggest this and even if it was the case - is that not down to the BBC who made the decision, or do you think Meghan and Harry forced BBC to cover their news instead . Also the DF and the Sun could have made the decision to black out H&M news on that day but I assume they didn't. (I wonder why ??💰💰) Complaining about the news coverage H&M get and the timing at the expense of world issues and (minor royals birthdays which would otherwise go unnoticed unless you really are are a royal follower ) seems absurd if at the same time you are also reading, memorising, relaying the same news from these outlets gathered from these papers about H&M months later. There were several news outlets and organisations at the time that did cover this and you wouldn't have to search far to find it. Yes headlines are there but it's you that decides to read more than this. People hear news about H&M because they look for it! I have friends who are not on MN and are politically and socially aware but they would not have a clue about the detail of H&M in the way MN haters seem to be obsessed. An example Piers Morgan - you either like him or loathe him - those who loathe him don't seem to put so much energy and bile and follow him in comparison to MN haters - even with the phone hacking - normal people do not invest so much negative time in people they dislike. Anything they do or say that is in the news a MN hater will start negative thread. It really is odd!

This is funny, do people really think there is an actual sit down at a desk job here and that if PH wasn't doing it it would be advertised for other people to apply for? There is no job, it is a title. He is paid to lend his name and maybe go to a few meetings and be seen to be supporting the company.

But yesterday was a day to mark lockdown in the U.K. they could have waited a day for the announcement

As I understand it, and correct me if I'm wrong... the Company he is going to makes the press release decision It would look beyond ridiculous to say... ummm could you leave it a day please because it's been a year since lockdown in UK, and not tomorrow it's my cousin's husbands birthday, and actually Friday is a problem too.

(I know you don't agree with the birthday thing, but they are in the US and really cannot be thinking about anything that might be clashing when the Company decide when to announce their press releases)

M has very expensive taste and is high maintenance, they'll burn through his inheritance quite quickly especially if she has political aspirations

Is this fact or assumption?

woke word salad statements for political points
So you are prejudging what he is going to do before he has done anything.
Got you...

Throwing around the word 'woke' to insult people really does you no favours.

woke definition
alert to injustice in society, especially racism

A salary of $80k - ish would be great for most of us, but will it keep Meghan in expensive dresses?

good morning @Roussette. beautiful day isn't it.

redspecial Indeed it is.

And what lovely news Zara Phillips has had a baby boy, and couldn't make the hospital and had him on the bathroom floor with Mike assisting!

hope that isn't harry's fault

@didofido

A salary of $80k - ish would be great for most of us, but will it keep Meghan in expensive dresses?

Dido - Do you think this is their only income? If so you shouldn't worry too much about Meghan's clothing budget, They live in a different world, have numerous sources of income, sponsors and investments and will continue to do so. Onwards and upwards I think. !

@didofido

A salary of $80k - ish would be great for most of us, but will it keep Meghan in expensive dresses?

She can probably afford her own clothes to be fair...

@Roussette

redspecial Indeed it is.

And what lovely news Zara Phillips has had a baby boy, and couldn't make the hospital and had him on the bathroom floor with Mike assisting!

hope that isn't harry's fault

"Hope that isn't Harry's fault 🤣🤣

I hadn't seen the news about Zara, how marvellous. Congratulations to them, they seem like a great couple. On the bathroom floor before time to get to a hospital is sort of good, means its nice and quick.

Oh that’s good news for Zara. Bathroom floor less so!

I understand what you say about dates clashing but yesterday imo was about remembering loved ones. I lost a friend early on to covid. For me yesterday was about her & a friend’s parents. So probably I’m feeling a bit in turmoil about them & all the others.

But I hope it works out for them & they get the happiness they want.

ImAncient I'm sorry to hear that. I can't imagine what so many people are going through.

@redspecial

I hadn't seen the news about Zara, how marvellous. Congratulations to them, they seem like a great couple. On the bathroom floor before time to get to a hospital is sort of good, means its nice and quick.

I hadn't either maybe as @Rousette suggests it could be that Harry heard Zara was going to give birth today and arranged for the owner of his new company to make their announcement this morning (UK time)