[Talanes]

>As I understand it, the reason you're not supposed to do what Jeff did, is because of exactly what you say in the next sentence - favoritism and bias, that undermines morale and leads to a dysfunctional team and good people leaving.

My reading was that the poster was indignant that it took the actual outing of the affair to bring about change, when the actual workplace problems caused by them were evident beforehand.

[perl4ever]

Sure, I'm kind of saying that if they were slow to take action, but nonetheless did, then that is consistent with an ordinary mediocre corporation run by human beings, in my mind, and not evidence of being distinctly evil. In point of fact, I know stuff like that goes on elsewhere.

So putting it first was unclear to me in its implication.