Why does the VP of China Office leave ? Return back to Fb? Airbnb giving up China Market like Uber and Google ? Any insiders? He seemed doing quite well and made his way to Director level at Facebook. https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2017/10/24/airbnb-china-hong-ge-2
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Extramarital affair within AirBnB. If you can read mandarin there is plenty of juicy detail floating around.
Where?
Sex scandal and workplace harassment, and wait for it, perpetrated by female tech lead. Lots of details are floating around in the Chinese tech circle.
Why isn't there storm of PR problems as the Susan Fowler case for Airbnb?
She ain't no white girl
It's just getting surfaced https://www.theinformation.com/airbnb-china-chief-was-ousted-over-relationship-with-subordinate
I don't have subscription. Mind pasting here ?
Hong Ge, vice president of Airbnb’s China division, resigned earlier this week after the company learned of allegations about an inappropriate personal relationship between him and a subordinate, a person briefed on the decision said. Mr. Ge, who reported directly to CEO Brian Chesky as Airbnb’s first China chief, left after about four months in the executive role. The company found that his relationship with a female Airbnb employee violated the company’s code of ethics and hurt the office culture in Beijing, the person said. The exact nature of the relationship was unclear. THE TAKEAWAY • Airbnb China chief had inappropriate relationship • Relationship violated company’s code of ethics • Relationship damaged Beijing office culture Mr. Ge didn’t respond to emails, text messages or phone calls seeking comment. An Airbnb spokesman said the company’s policy is not to provide details on personal matters. “Hong Ge is no longer with Airbnb. Last week he announced that he has left the company to pursue other opportunities,” spokesman Nick Papas said. “Airbnb holds its employees to the highest standards of conduct and behavior, including prohibiting personal relationships between a manager and a subordinate, and has policies for rigorously investigating and reviewing these matters,” Mr. Papas added. Rumors that Mr. Ge acted inappropriately earlier circulated anonymously through an internal app used by Airbnb employees, called Blind, and then were posted on Chinese social media sites. Mr. Ge’s announcement to colleagues that he was leaving for another professional opportunity, earlier reported by Bloomberg, raised questions about the health of Airbnb’s China business. The business line, viewed as a crucial pathway to Airbnb’s $31 billion private valuation, is still relatively small but growing quickly. Its 120,000 active listings represent just about 3% of Airbnb’s total, about the same ratio it had last November. Airbnb’s Beijing office is still nascent, with about 150 employees and growing. The office is now being led by Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk. His priority will be helping the office maintain momentum. The number of “guest arrivals” in China more than tripled over the past year to 2.25 million, the company said last week. The company called China its fastest-ever growing domestic market, meaning people are using Airbnb to travel within China. Mr. Ge, a longtime Facebook engineer, was elevated into the top role in the China office earlier this year after Airbnb struggled to find an outside candidate from Chinese tech companies, a person familiar with the matter said. The company also faces tough competition from homegrown vacation rental companies like Xiaozhu and Tujia, which recently raised $300 million.
It�s much juicier than that. The male is single and the female is married and allegedly approach the male to advance her career as head of engineering in China. Once she got the lead job she harassed a few of her subordinates and 2 of were treated for depression and 1 was forced to leave. Nobody stood up because she�s the boss�s mistress. Then enough is enough the whole China office began to revolt and shit hits the fan.
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I start to question whether the story is real. I do no see Airbnb people in blind stood up and confirm.
Of course they cannot confirm the real reason. It's not like they found the used condom.
At least they can confirm if they saw some romantic air between the two people. I don’t care whether they fxxked or not. In relationship is good enough for the accusation of them together pushed away some employees out of the team.
If all rumors are true I can only say this guy is a fucking child!
A fucking rich one.
Indeed a fucking child
He was running a brothel on Nanjing road using AirBnb ..
Brothel?
What's the name of the person involved?
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