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Company forbids marriage if couple work in same business unit
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:19 pm
Had dinner with a guy last night and he has a 1 y.o. kid by his girlfriend. They both have high profile management positions. They live together. I asked if he would ever contemplate getting married and he laughed it off.
Today, I was in the car with someone he works with. He told me that they can't get married because they can't be married and in a position where one has to report to the other. One would be terminated.
Seems pretty stupid, since everyone already knows they live together and have a child together. Is this even legal?
Today, I was in the car with someone he works with. He told me that they can't get married because they can't be married and in a position where one has to report to the other. One would be terminated.
Seems pretty stupid, since everyone already knows they live together and have a child together. Is this even legal?
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Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:21 pm to HubbaBubba
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Is this even legal?
Yep. If you teach here in Kentucky and your SO works in the same building but is promoted to an administrative position (like Assistant Principal, Counselor, etc.) one has to transfer.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:21 pm to HubbaBubba
what year is it? i thought this started like in the 50s?
This post was edited on 7/18/19 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:22 pm to HubbaBubba
Single guys take note. This is how you avoid having to marry her.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:23 pm to HubbaBubba
Typically, couples have to report any relationship if one reports to the other.
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Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:23 pm to HubbaBubba
quote:
can't be married and in a position where one has to report to the other.
makes sense.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:23 pm to HubbaBubba
They don't forbid marriage, they forbid working for the company while married. As a private company who's best interest is every team member working together as effectively as possible, it isn't totally unfair for them to have this kind of stipulation. Some couples could do it and some couples definitely could not.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:25 pm to HubbaBubba
thats because her or him always wants to start some shite and take it to corporate if one of them has issues.
its the most fricked up situation ever when a supervisor cant discipline or write up an employee without it turning into a fricking soap opera involving nearly everyone within that group
its the most fricked up situation ever when a supervisor cant discipline or write up an employee without it turning into a fricking soap opera involving nearly everyone within that group
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:26 pm to jlovel7
upper mgt doesn't want the hot chicks to marry. might lessen their willingness to "work" their way up the ladder.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:27 pm to HubbaBubba
This is pretty common in large companies.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:29 pm to jlovel7
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They don't forbid marriage, they forbid working for the company while married.
No, they forbid having one partner being married to their supervisor or subordinate. It creates legal issues with favoritism and whatnot.
And it's fairly common in business.
This post was edited on 7/18/19 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:30 pm to MorbidTheClown
pretty much standard operating procedure in corporate America. You think he is gonna demote his wife? You think he will be completely fair in doling out funds from the bonus pool that ultimately end up in their joint checking account?
You think he won’t fire that bitch Becky in accounting who fricked his wife’s high school boyfriend?
You think he won’t fire that bitch Becky in accounting who fricked his wife’s high school boyfriend?
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:31 pm to BPTiger
who wants to work with their wife anyway?
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:32 pm to Displaced
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And it's fairly common in business.
Law firms as well. I had 2 friends working at the same firm, and when they got engaged she had to take an in-house gig. She had just made partner so she would have been one of his superiors
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:36 pm to HubbaBubba
I used to work for a publicly traded company that did this. Funny thing is, people were/are dating one another all around the company, but you can't be married and stay in the same division.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:38 pm to BPTiger
yeah, i knew that. i worked with a chick at michoud who married the mgr. had to transfer to a new dept. divorced the first guy. married her new mgr and had to transfer again. 
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:38 pm to jchamil
Sounds like he should have taken the in house gig to me
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:40 pm to HubbaBubba
Our company used to have a policy like that until the CEO was having an affair with his secretary who he eventually married, then changed the policy.
That started a big inter office frickfest and was an amazing time.
That started a big inter office frickfest and was an amazing time.
This post was edited on 7/18/19 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:42 pm to HubbaBubba
What is the point of marriage though?
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:43 pm to LSU Coyote
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What is the point of marriage though?
to have someone to give half your stuff to.
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