Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex...
by QuiEgo on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @07:28PM
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Say your boss has two reports, you and someone else. You are the same gender as the someone else. They are sleeping with the someone else. They then promote the someone else while not promoting you. Now you have to ask yourself: do I need to have sex with the boss to get promoted? This type of situation is why most companies will fire you if you’re sleeping with someone you’re writing the performance reviews for. Also, all of Jensens reports now have a path to sue Nvidia for unfair treatment, he put the company at huge risk.
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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex...
by flowerlad on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:08PM
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You can ingratiate yourself to your boss without having sex. I have seen people doing non-sexual favors to then successfully get promoted. Not saying that sex with subordinate is OK, but that you have to ban all kinds of personal favors.
Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex...
by anon7000 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:33AM
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Lmao. No, one of those is not like the other. At all. Sounds like someone wasn’t paying attention during the harassment training. Basically you have a right to a workspace free from sexual harassment. The behavior described above is either explicitly harassment or getting close enough to it for people to get uncomfortable (and you have a right to not be made uncomfortable due to inappropriate/sexual work situations.)
You don’t have a right to a workspace free of social discomfort or pressure though. Feeling some pressure to bring them a donut isn’t protected in the same way unless it’s becoming harassment.
Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex...
by flowerlad on Thursday November 12, 2026 @12:12PM
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I was not talking about bringing donuts. How about cooking especially for the boss and getting promoted as a result? This is not a sexual favor, does that mean it is a-ok? It should be banned because an employee is getting promoted not because of business outcomes they produced but because of their skills in kissing ass. Should other employees have to compete with this? If not, why not ban all personal favors, not just sexual ones?