i had to break it off because she was too controling, to jealous, and wouldent try and work things out. Offered to go to counseling to get communication back but she was to bipolar to accept it. Feel bad because i know women can go through certain emotions after they have a child but it was to far out of control

I don't think he is the only person who has affair with the staff, it just happened to be that someone blackmailed him so he had to come out of the closet.

I bet ya at least half of the well known entertainers and most likely politicians too.

Too bad somebody had to try to blackmail him cause I know I don't care who he has sex with as long as they are of age and mental consent. Now I know more than I need to about him.

After the fact.

While I didn't see his show, I did read the transcript. He admitted to having numerous affairs over the years, he's been with the same woman for 13 years so presumably he overlapped. I am making the assumption it is against company policy for him to have relationships with co-workers as it is against most companies' policies. None of these women sued him for sexual harrassment so presumably they were ok with it. He admitted wrong, he admitted to doing/being creepy and he said that if he was fired, or his wife left him, he deserved it and would take whatever consequences came his way. He apologized to the women he had affairs with, his wife, his family, his friends and his employers. In other words, he manned up.

While I don't watch him and neither like nor dislike him, I do admire him going on his show and doing what he did. It couldn't have been easy and he must be horribly embarrassed. While what he did was wrong on many levels, at least he has made the first steps toward an attempt to make things right, which is more than most people do.

he's a true piece of crap.....and this comes from an early, early fan of his----up until his old man grumpiness took over and he started lashing out at palin's teenage daughters.

his just desserts would be

1) cancellation of his contract by CBS, invoking a morals or moral turpitude clause AND insubordination, as he had no permission to drop that bomb on their show.

(it is THEIR show, btw, as he is hired by their network and is their on their good graces.)

hopefully a snarky lawyer could find grounds based on letterman's misdeeds to avoid paying him a dime on a contract cancel.

2) sexual harassment suits from the women involved, if there was ANY misuse of boss-employee relationships as governed by laws---with any settlements or awards paid by the defendant, not CBS, who had no control over the runaway ego of their arrogantly stupid star, regardless of their having provided the venue or platform for Letterman to break the law......just get another snarky lawyer for this piece of it and have his snarky talents work for CBS's interests, not Letterman's;

3) a long, slow divorce by his rather plain, "older", no-career wife---meaning she takes him for most of what he's got AND puts him through hell while she makes up her mind whether to keep him enroute to her planned divorce----when she then takes the REST of his dough;

4)tabloid story sales by insiders of letterman's miserable performance in bed;

5) his son removed from his custody with only supervised visits allowed;

6) everybody he's ever mocked on his show be brought on for a timed payback to Letterman, couched around his foolish and arrogant sexual escapades AND taking an unware audience of admiring and loyal fans along on his ride the night he announced this jazz;

7) full justice under new york law for the perp, who terrorized Letterman with the package sneaked onto his car seat AND forced possible career damage, presumed marital discord and eventual embarassment to little Harry Letterman----who probably regarded Daddy as his hero and loved Mommy ONLY the way good Daddies do----before Letterman shat on his son and the boy's mother with this doo doo.

(disclaimer: no, my husband was never unfaithful to me; never looked at another woman in 30 years together.)


draconian, aren't i?

Palin has two daughters. one is 17 and got pregnant by her boyfriend. the other daughter is like 10 years old or something near that age range. Palin went to a yankees game with her 10 year old daughter (not the pregnant 17 year old), and Letterman made a joke about A-Rod having sex with her 10 year old daughter (probably confused the two). it started a media frenzy and made Letterman look like a douchebag. he gave a half assed apology and went on with his usual schtick. I don't think Sara Palin is good in any shape or form but cracking sexual jokes about ten year old girls is abysmal. i'm going to stick to watching conan from now on.

I should have read this a while ago. I hear all too often, you're so sweet, you deserve better. I guess I need to change some things.

I dump them the second they slurp their soup!!

Sorry but dating a co-worker never works out and I have worked for a company that said something simular to that policy. It's in the best interest of the employees.

I can't legally fire them for doing something that I allowed them to do.
I do have the right as an employer to decide what behavior is acceptable in my workplace.
I do not have to prove that you will for sure cause drama and jealousy. It doesn't always happen. But sometimes, it does. It's called being proactive instead of reactive. Proactive is always better in the long run than reactive. If I allow it to happen, and then if it does turn ugly, and I do have to fire someone, then I have to pick up all the pieces. I have to hire again, train again. Get the workplace back to "normal"
All I have to do is provide you with our company policies and you, as a mature adult, gets to decide if you want to abide by those policies and continue to work for me. That's your right.

Letterman is a hypocrite and a tool. He ripped on Sarah Palin's daughter for what she did in her personal life, and now he's getting exactly what he deserves. What a scumbag.

The thing is... is who decides who's mature enough to deal with these situations? The boss? The employees? I'm a boss. I wouldn't dare decide which one of my staff is mature enough to date another one and which ones can't.
You keep talking about your rights. Yes. You, as the employee have rights. But you don't however have the right to work for me. You have the right to be treated equal and fair as the rest of the staff. You have the right to take breaks. You have rights to equal pay. These are your legal rights. You don't have the right to turn the work place into a soap opera drama by dating other staff members. I also have the right to fire you for violating my policies that I set forth when you were hired. If an employee is aware of the policies, and he / she chooses to ignore them, then that employee has earned the right to be fired.

I think people confuse LEGAL rights with workplace dress codes. If you are not at work, you have the RIGHT to wear whatever you wish. But at a place of business, the employer has a right to set a DRESS Code and if it is not a code you can abide by , that is not the job for you. The only exceptions are those things covered under the EEO laws( things like sexual persuasion, race,,etc,,) that an employer cannot make mandates about.

In case you haven't noticed, too many ADULTS are not mature and cannot behave and handle these matters, especially when the relationship fails or is un-equal. And why ask for trouble as an employer? Too many shades of grey and it's their liability insurance policy on the line. And if a relationship is SO IMPORTANT to two coworkers, then they should oblige company policy by removing themselves from that work environment.

Well, if forbidden relationships aren't mandated, then why not unravel the other policies, too? After all, if you get your relationships, dammit, I want my alcohol and cigarettes. It's only fair!!
Just because you say those other rules are valid doesn't mean they are. The company does, and they are the ones who OWN a business, and unless it's against the law, they can have their rules. Just like I am sure a business has had experience with alcohol and smoking, they have likely had experiences with water cooler romances with devastating impact.

This smacks of the idiot who wants to sue A&F because she wants to wear her religious headgear, not what the A&F policy wants her to wear.

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