Andy Byron has stepped down from his role as CEO of tech company Astronomer after a video of him holding a woman at a Coldplay concert went viral, according to a statement obtained by Variety.
As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding, read the statement. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met. Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted. The Board will begin a search for our next Chief Executive as Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy continues to serve as interim CEO.
It continued, Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI. While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not. Were continuing to do what we do best: helping our customers with their toughest data & AI problems.
In a statement released Friday, the company said that its Board of Directors launched a formal investigation into the incident, and that a decision on Byrons future at the company would come very shortly.
Wont someone think of the poor CEO cheating on his wifeThey won't be able to maximize profits and please shareholders if he's embarrassed and his feelings are hurt!
I wouldn't be surprised if the media and major platforms latched onto it and astroturfed its popularity to distract from the Epstein scandal
All of this was incredibly stupid
Shouldn't have cheated.
It's his private life he can do what he want. Why does he have to resign.
Sounds like you do things you should resign from your job over. Why defend him?It's his personal life...you aren't hired or evaluated on the basis of being in a relationship, cheating or not cheating etc so it shouldn't be a basis for resigning either.
It's his personal life...you aren't hired or evaluated on the basis of being in a relationship, cheating or not cheating etc so it shouldn't be a basis for resigning either.Youre often hired in part based on your personality and the way you present yourself. And when youre CEO, you represent your whole company.
Seems hypocritical too. There's more people out there cheating or not being faithful than you think and they're still at their job.
Youre often hired in part based on your personality and the way you present yourself. And when youre CEO, you represent your whole company.It doesn't matter. He can cheat on whoever he wants, has nothing to do with his job.
It doesn't matter. He can cheat on whoever he wants, has nothing to do with his job.It does matter, hence he was fired.
It's his private life he can do what he want. Why does he have to resign.
Bringing the company into disreputeWhy's that bringing them into disrepute. That's like firing someone because "they weren't a good christian". It's none of their business, that's up to him, his wife and divorce lawyers. None of their company's business.
It doesn't matter. He can cheat on whoever he wants, has nothing to do with his job.It has everything to do with his job. He's the CEO of the company. Not only is he the face of the company (which means this is bad PR for the company), his divorce could actually have his wife gain things from the company itself.
Why's that bringing them into disrepute. That's like firing someone because "they weren't a good christian". It's none of their business, that's up to him, his wife and divorce lawyers. None of their company's business.It wasnt any their business until he went viral and everyone was talking about him and the company he represents. Are you just being pedantic or do you really not understand that?
If you are in a position of power and are caught with someone below you that is also the head of HR and also you are both married it should not even be a question that you should be fired.Yeah this. Even if we remove the cheating from the scenario this would still be a fireable offense at most companies
It doesn't matter. He can cheat on whoever he wants, has nothing to do with his job.
I'm always surprised how many people care about other people cheating.I have no idea why anyone cares about this. I'm at the age where I've seen so many people be unfaithful for so many different reasons that it's just commonplace now. The outrage here is a joke honestly. If you don't want to live like that, fine, that's good on you. But to police everyone else is just ridiculous. It's not a crime it's at most a civil matter for the two people involved. That's it.
I think its really funny that the CEO guy probably would've totally gotten away with it had he just like, owned it on camera. Him freaking out on camera was probably the only reason people put enough effort to notice who he even was.
But he probably deserves it. You can't really be a rich CEO type unless you're like, at least a little evil. And its pretty uncommon the CEO type actually provides much to their company as it is.
...Is anyone outraged?
Yeah this. Even if we remove the cheating from the scenario this would still be a fireable offense at most companiesYeah and it's a double whammy. A Supervisor/Subordinate relationship is already a nono in most companies and would be reported to HR. But it was the head of HR that was involved. She should be the last person to get involved in a nepotism relationship lol.
I have no idea why anyone cares about this. I'm at the age where I've seen so many people be unfaithful for so many different reasons that it's just commonplace now. The outrage here is a joke honestly. If you don't want to live like that, fine, that's good on you. But to police everyone else is just ridiculous. It's not a crime it's at most a civil matter for the two people involved. That's it.Outrage? Bro he's been a laughing stock since this story went viral. And please stop defending cheaters with "it's so commonplace now" that's gross. Cheaters suck, regardless of who they are.
Outrage? Bro he's been a laughing stock since this story went viral. And please stop defending cheaters with "it's so commonplace now" that's gross. Cheaters suck, regardless of who they are.There's lots of things that suck. You can't police everything especially stuff that's none of anyone else's business than the people involved. If you took revenge on everyone who did something you think "sucks" you wouldn't even have a society you'd have total anarchy.
...Is anyone outraged?
It also makes your company look bad when the head of HR is sleeping with the CEO
I have no idea why anyone cares about this. I'm at the age where I've seen so many people be unfaithful for so many different reasons that it's just commonplace now. The outrage here is a joke honestly. If you don't want to live like that, fine, that's good on you. But to police everyone else is just ridiculous. It's not a crime it's at most a civil matter for the two people involved. That's it.Are you just now learning about ethics in the workplace or something? This has always been a thing
Are you just now learning about ethics in the workplace or something? This has always been a thingBeing faithful to your partner or not has nothing to do with workplace ethics, that's between them and none of anyone else's business.
Being faithful to your partner or not has nothing to do with workplace ethics, that's between them and none of anyone else's business.CEO having an affair with his employees, let alone the head of HR, is absolutely a workplace ethics issue.
Being faithful to your partner or not has nothing to do with workplace ethics, that's between them and none of anyone else's business.Yeah there's nothing wrong here, they should have just reported their relationship to HR
People are nuts. You can't police everything, you just have to learn to live with it.Run along now, you're done here
It's his private life he can do what he want. Why does he have to resign.