Nestlé
These company bosses lost their jobs because of a relationship
The food group Nestlé released its boss after his relationship had become public at work. It is not the first such case.
An affair in the workplace may be morally frowned upon, but still a private matter? Far! In many companies there are so-called compliance rules that determine exactly what relationships between whom are allowed-and whether you have to communicate them to the HR department.
Nestlé releases boss because of a relationship
Most recently, the head of the Swiss food group Nestlé, Laurent Freixe. He was released because he had not informed the board of directors that he had a relationship with his employee.
The extraordinary: it is a Swiss company. Most other cases play in the United States, where the rules regarding relationships in the workplace are often stricter than in Europe.
Not so extraordinary: it’s about a man, as is the case with all bosses in this series. Do women adhere better to rules – or does it simply have to deal with the proportion of women in management positions?
Source: Stern
