Wachtell and More: The Potential Blockbuster Power of Pillow Talk
No one is naive anymore in this brutal era of capitalism. Since it's more difficult to get, hold and move on to better work, fear is escalating. One source of profound angst is who's in a romantic relationship with a powerful who and what could be going on in their pillow talk. The issue is not one of morality or fun gossip. It can have significant impact on employment security/mobility. Actually, this is not new. Back in the late 1970s, light years before #MeToo, in a large energy corporation, the head of our department, it was rumored widely, was sleeping with a subordinate. Both were single. Not only was there seething resentment about the subordinate's promotion and visibility. There was awareness that their pillow talk could affect one's own standing in the organization. Of course, a common fantasy was sending an anonymous letter to the straight-arrow CEO about the goings-on. However, the fear was too intense to be involved in anything like that. As we follow th...