Harry appointed senior exec at $1bn startup

[porcelaine]

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.

I just watched the news article about this on the BBC News. I can't say that the person who hired him inspires me with confidence. I doubt he even knew who Harry was a month ago but quite likes the idea of a bit of publicity for his start up company. Even the BBC newsreader was laughing when the camera came back to him at the end of the recorded article.

Would I go to this company if I had mental health issues? - no I wouldn't.

The "impact officer" thing is.... very California, and very "not my kind of thing" but my first thought on hearing this was "Well, I guess he has to do something, and I'd rather he did something like that, than spent the rest of his life slagging off his father, brother and other relatives."

That Aspen stuff though? Not sure about that. Who is going to decide what is misinformation and what isn't?

I think it's another example of entitlement. It's one thing to be head-hunted because of your skills, but another one completely to be employed because of who you are. As an average Jo, I can't believe that can be good for your self esteem.

@Legwarmers
Not sure whether your post was aimed at me or in general? If aimed at me, you are directing it at me wrongly!

I'm certainly not one of accusing him of announcing his job on the wrong day, I was being facetious to all the people on here who are!

Lord alive... can people not be headhunted now? For their name? For their expertise? For their record in past business?

Seems to me that Harry is standing for everything that a lot of you hate.... class... favouritism.... privilege.... the lot.

Start railing about the House of Lords then... and how massively unfair and undemocratic it is to have this hereditary peer, privileged bunch of idiots deciding what direction this country goes in. They are not elected. You can't remove them. They are unrepresentative of us but they make the laws by which all of us live.

An also become a Monarchist because everything you are accusing Harry of is exemplified in the RF.
Hypocritcal.

@SozzledSausage

"I couldn't help my wife with her mental health so I'll become Chief Impact Officer at a mental health charity......"

They clearly didn't ask him about his track record at the interview.

The pair of them look more and more foolish every day. It's very difficult to take them seriously.

Harry just look beyond ridiculous, and tone deaf to keep announcing these $$$$$ contracts as we dive into a multi-year post-COVID recession.

The baby has been named Lucas Tindall BTW.

@Itreallyistimetochangethings

🥱🥱 - here we go again! Are you really that surprised OP?- is this not the case across most well paying industries, it's about who you know. I don't think he is the first and probably he won't be the last! And so many of you hoping they will fall on their knees - it's just not gonna happen, so if this really eats you up there will be plenty more of these threads over the coming years. There was one the other day asking why they don't get jobs instead of complaining they don't have enough money - he gets a job and now it's not the right job! Unbelievable 🤣

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@purpleme12

I don't understand why he said he was ashamed that Megan was struggling with her mental health when he's supposed to be so into improving mental health

Does anyone think she actually was struggling with her MH or was it just a stick for them to use.

I'm just waiting for them to come out as LGBT or whatever

Seems to me that Harry is standing for everything that a lot of you hate.... class... favouritism.... privilege.... the lot.

Well favouritism and privilege are good things to hate, if you’re going to hate something.

Would you rather we hated hard work & fairness? Social mobility and affordable housing policy?

I don’t get it.

Start railing about the House of Lords then... and how massively unfair and undemocratic it is to have this hereditary peer, privileged bunch of idiots deciding what direction this country goes in.

What makes you think we don’t?

I mean, I don’t really go in for “railing” but unelected power and influence are one coherent category, and the kind of thing a lot of people are against.

I’m not mad keen on the fact that the Prince of Wales is automatically the Duke of Cornwall and that that means he profits from the Duchy, which owns vast swathes of the south west. That’s quite a common view in the South West, even more so in Cornwall.

What’s emerging from all this quite clearly now, is that MM hasn’t fully understood the system, but that Harry perfectly well understands the system but chose to let everyone down (including his wife, brother, dad & gran) and then go chasing dollars.

Good, glad to hear it Ricki.
And very clever to bring it back round to Meghan again!

'Go chasing dollars'
Ho hum.
Posters were insistent they supported themselves.
Posters were insistent he got a job.
He has.

But it's the wrong job, wrong company, the announcement is at the wrong time, he'll be useless at it, how dare he has a job like this when he's stupid.

You all need to make your minds up!

Well favouritism and privilege are good things to hate, if you’re going to hate something.

Would you rather we hated hard work & fairness? Social mobility and affordable housing policy?

I don’t get it

Agree with your first para.
BUT a lot of posters on here are huge fans of the Queen, William, Kate, Prince Charles, Sophie, Edward, the whole jolly lot of them.

It's a bit rich to accuse Harry of privilege and love all the RF and what it stands for.

That Aspen stuff though? Not sure about that. Who is going to decide what is misinformation and what isn't?

Yes, that's a million-dollar question! A person who took part in a world-wide interview full of dishonesty is going to lecture ppl about misinformation??

Ooh, he's like the (ex) royal George Osborne with all these jobs.

what is Archewell for if he’s now working for another social interest organisation?

That, to me, is the really interesting question. It's been a shadowy not-actually-doing-anything presence for a while. If Harry's raising funds for other organisations' good causes, that's all positive but what's the point of Archewell and where's its funding going to come from?

@Roussette

Good, glad to hear it Ricki. And very clever to bring it back round to Meghan again!

'Go chasing dollars'
Ho hum.
Posters were insistent they supported themselves.
Posters were insistent he got a job.
He has.

But it's the wrong job, wrong company, the announcement is at the wrong time, he'll be useless at it, how dare he has a job like this when he's stupid.

You all need to make your minds up!

I wish some posters would just be honest and admit they want Harry and Meghan to fail. It seems the goalposts continually change when it has anything to do with Harry and Meghan They wanted them to leave. They left. Their detractors.complained that they had betrayed ,the RF

They wanted then to not use taxpayers money for their security- security was pulled . Tyler Perry provided security and a home

They were told to earn their own money. They signed deals with Netflix . They were told that this was inappropriate and that Harry should go out and get a job.

Harry goes out and gets a job ( through contacts like so many privileged and wealthy people do) He is told that the job is not a ‘real’ job and he does not have any qualifications. Furthermore, he will be shit at the job because he is ‘not very bright’ and was ‘ashamed’ that his wife had mental health problems. In addition to this the money he earns will be insufficient because Meghan likes expensive clothes
Do some posters know how ridiculous their comments are?

You lot would only be happy it was reported that he had run out of money, flung out on the street and not doing well. Because then you could say, we told you so, that Meghan has ruined him blah blah blah.

You complain about hisnwealth, his privileges etc whilst supporting institutions that are built on that, do you go professional? What are you doing to grt those institutions changed? Nothing but moaning I'll bet or signing a petition that ends up doing naff all but makes you feel good for doing your bit.

Why don't you post what job you do, how much charity stuff you do so we can all judge you for it like you judge him.

Are you so perfect yourself? You complain about how ironic it is he is working in the mental health space, well guess what your bitching, moaning and tearing a person apart. How is that good? People have killed themselves over online abuse which negatively impacted their mental health. When you post your vile comments, just think about how your contributing to potentially damaging someone's mental health. Disgusting.

Agree with your first para.
BUT a lot of posters on here are huge fans of the Queen, William, Kate, Prince Charles, Sophie, Edward, the whole jolly lot of them.

It's a bit rich to accuse Harry of privilege and love all the RF and what it stands for.

Oh no that’s not my angle @Roussette

I’d rather we were a republic, but can tolerate the individual members of the family, as long as they behave. They are people after all, and it can’t be fun to live under constant media scrutiny. The problem is that a lot of them don’t behave.

My - ever growing - royal shitlist consists of those that take the money, privilege, influence but still misbehave, duck out of performing duties in return all they are given, or generally make our country a laughing stock.

Andrew & Harry are tying for the top of the list ATM, but it’s a fairly long list.

Personally I think we should follow the Swedish example, which is always several steps ahead of us in terms of low key royalty. That’s probably the best realistically achievable route. Unless William decides to abolish the monarchy from the inside.

If Harry had got a ‘real’ job working for $14 an hour at Walmart. His detractors would have complained that he was taking the job away from someone who actually needed a job.
The man can’t win

Oh no that’s not my angle

Fair enuf Ricki

@Roussette

Good, glad to hear it Ricki. And very clever to bring it back round to Meghan again!

'Go chasing dollars'
Ho hum.
Posters were insistent they supported themselves.
Posters were insistent he got a job.
He has.

But it's the wrong job, wrong company, the announcement is at the wrong time, he'll be useless at it, how dare he has a job like this when he's stupid.

You all need to make your minds up!

Woah back up. How have I supposedly brought it back around to Meghan?!

Is this you misreading again?

@cyclingmad

As I said before, there are posters on here who are having to lie down with a damp flannel on their heads through sheer exhaustion at the constant moving of the goalposts 😂

And I agree on the mental health points you make. H&M have become the verbal punchbags for a lot of people. All I can say is... I would not want to be in their heads with some of the stuff that is said.

(Please note.... I said some. There are some middle of the road posters on MN who talk about the subject of M&H and make sense. I agree with some of what they say and whilst there might be points I could dispute, I get where they're coming from because they are rational. )

Oh yes I agree, people are posting as if they've met and intimately know Harry and his pregnant wife.

Who else would like all this shitty bullying when they were pregnant or at all.

As I said before, there are posters on here who are having to lie down with a damp flannel on their heads

to be fair I think cyclingmad could do with some of that treatment - sounds like they're going to blow a fuse!