Current Events > The Astronomer CEO just resigned after the cheating scandal

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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 wife

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.

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's his private life he can do what he want. Why does he have to resign.

Bringing the company into disrepute

It doesn't matter. He can cheat on whoever he wants, has nothing to do with his job.

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.

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.

It doesn't matter. He can cheat on whoever he wants, has nothing to do with his job.

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 companies

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.

...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

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.

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.

People are nuts. You can't police everything, you just have to learn to live with it.

It's his private life he can do what he want. Why does he have to resign.