It doesn’t really matter who initiated it. She may have. None of that matters.I think you’re missing the point because you are making things up like you go on weekend trips with these two and understand the relationship dynamics. If it comes out that he initiated this or was coercive - then I’ll agree with everything you said. You don’t know, so stop saying he lorded his power over her
it looks like if she ever wanted to break up with him there could be consequences. And there was when he broke into her house after she came clean. I wonder why she came clean and outed him? Because she was feeling great about him? Because she was afraid she would get fired?
Why do you think there are HR rules about this? He all but doubled her salary. You think that’s not exerting some control or power?
Talk to an HR person about the superior subordinate romantic relationships and let me know what they say.
The fact he went to her house and threatened to kill himself in front of her does not indicate some sort of manipulative control freak practice? The guy was unstable.
Why didn’t they report the relationship as consensual to management? Oh I forgot he was cheating on his wife. Another Michigan man full of integrity acting appropriately within 2 relationships at the same time. The guy was living 2 different lives for years. You know how much you need to control your environment to pull that off?
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