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▲ DoesntMatter22 a day ago

Probably still the best fit even if it costs the company billions.

▲coderenegade a day ago | parent [-]

Given that a third woman (another coworker) has just been alleged, I'd say that Jensen was the best fit in a few other ways too. I'd be furious if I were an investor.

▲xp84 a day ago | parent [-]

Furious investor here. Lol. But I'm just as furious with Huang as with the board for firing him.

But it seems especially goofy because it appears it's only about the non-Chinese affairs, since the timeline suggests he was in the clear until the second one came out.

Does anyone here think that sleeping with a billionaire CEO is something that these successful, executive-level women were actually coerced into? That's the fear run-of-the-mill "boss sleeping with subordinates" harassment suits are (usually justifiably) about. That the subordinate was either pressured into the arrangement in the first place, or that she at some point would have wished to stop, but would credibly fear retaliation and thus be coerced to continue.

I'm trying to imagine concretely what that could have possibly been like. Somehow I don't think he could be that desperate to be with a specific woman who didn't want him, that he would threaten an executive to get her into bed, nor to be so obsessed with keeping the affair going that he would even think of threatening revenge against someone who, by definition, obviously had the ability to ruin his life just by opening her mouth. The women held all the power over him, as evidenced by the fact that they just used that power to end his career.

▲DoesntMatter22 a day ago | parent | next [-]

I think they ousted him because they figure there will be many more affairs, and it'll just bring extra heat on the company for the forseable future.

▲coderenegade a day ago | parent | prev [-]

It's not about whether or not they were coerced, it's about the complications that it brings to the table. Has anyone he was sleeping with been promoted? Did the fact that they were sleeping with him compromise the validity of that process? Is he vulnerable to current or previous sexual partners (coercion goes both ways)? Is he vulnerable to people who weren't sleeping with him but knew about his affairs?

Remember, this a guy who shepherds a multitrillion dollar company. He needs to be able to demonstrate good judgement, and that generally means not screwing the crew, or Chinese spies.