[sfeng]

It's very common for relationships between superiors-subordinates to be banned or to have very specific steps which must be taken. Of course, for a superior to be 'making out' with someone at an event is potentially a whole different thing.

[theoracle101]

And there's proof he didn't follow such protocol is where?

This is turning into a witch hunt

[sib]

And nowhere did it say that she was his subordinate...

[chickenfries]

Chances are... she is. It's Uber.

[theoracle101]

Easy with your pitchfork jabroni, you might hurt yourself

[chickenfries]

Did I say something incorrect? He's a VP of product. Statistically, most women at Uber are his subordinate.

[sib]

A subordinate in the context of a business org structure means someone who reports up into him, whether directly or indirectly. If the person reports up into someone who is his peer, say, the VP of Finance or VP of Marketing, then you would not refer to the person as his subordinate. And, in most (US) companies, a relationship between him and such a person in a different section of the company would not be considered problematic or against policy.

[chickenfries]

I see, so most employees in Product would be his subordinate but not someone in a different organization, and this is typically the line at which American coorporations consider a relationship problematic? Thanks for the clarification.

[theoracle101]

Wow you don't even have the balls to stick by you're snarky comment you coward

Subordinate != someone lower in org chart that does not report to you, so no, its not statistically likely.

[chickenfries]

> Wow you don't even have the balls to stick by you're snarky comment you coward

I'm not sure what you mean. Which part of my comment did I back down from? "Chances are" means the same thing as "the odds are good"...

> Subordinate != someone lower in org chart that does not report to you, so no, its not statistically likely.

You'll have to forgive me if there is some specific business definition of subordinate I'm missing... my understanding of subordinate is more in line with this one (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subordinate)

> placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position

Just because someone doesn't directly report to you, doesn't mean that the woman's boss can't report to him. A company can have a problem with relationships that aren't between direct reports.