Scandal, deux

I have an update on yesterday's doings. After the morning meeting, Boss Foxy and I snuck off for lunch and she filled me in on what went down. As suspected, the partners here said that they wouldn't do business with the Bank so long as he worked there. Since it is a very large bank, they offered to simply shift him around so that we would never come across him, but that wasn't really what the Partners were going for.

As I mentioned, they are very protective of their employees, and have killed what could have been profitable deals because of behavior that was deemed unacceptable towards one or more members of the firm. The recruiting process is extremely long, very involved and...um..."thorough. Generally, before we hire someone, they interview with every person in the company, and their spouse will likely meet at least half of the firm, too. There is an enormous effort put into getting the right fit.

And the results speak for themselves...no one ever leaves for a similar job. Once someone comes to work here, they either work here forever, or they go into a totally separate kind of activity. Once guy left to run his alma mater's foundation, one left to run another non-profit, and a couple have left to take operating roles in former portfolio companies. Once you have made it through the hiring process, you are most definitely part of the family and will be treated as such.

Therefore, it is not a huge surprise that they would act so aggressively towards someone that wronged a member of the staff.

The Bank, however, is kind of between a rock and a hard place. They can't fire the guy without risk of a lawsuit, because he didn't really do anything that is unquestionably fireable. Sure, pissing off a key client could be taken as that, but simply hitting on someone is not illegal. And it is a very large bank that doesn't want to risk the lawsuit. Not to mention that they would like to be seen as standing up for their employees as well.

Most likely, they are really hoping that he quits...that would solve their problem nicely.

So that is where it stands now. We are, for the time being and foreseeable future, not a client of that particular bank, and won't be as long as he is there. I can tell that Admin still feels bad about the whole thing...she just didn't want to be in the middle of anything, even if it wasn't her fault (unless you hold her responsible for being so incredibly good looking...lol.) I actually have a lunch date with her today, and we will chat about it if she wants to:-) I will report anything else I hear...

I hope today is as exciting!