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.
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.
Yeah, only a small number of co's would prohibit relationships altogether. It's pretty common to prohibit it in ones where there is a (direct or indirect) reporting relationship.
> 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.