Maybe topical given the current energy crisis....
I worked for a very well known global corporation in the energy industry for over a decade.
During that period, I worked in the executive office where I was warned by a senior member of the HR management team to be very wary around a particular male member of the executive management team. I was told he (the executive manager) had twice been formerly accused of sexual harassment and in both instances the company had paid off the women who had raised the claims.
Apparently both women were thought to be unknown to each other, from entirely different countries, during totally different time periods. The nature of my job meant I met with this man on numerous occasions, often on my own, and whilst he was definitely an entitled
hole he never made a move on me. That said, I definitely believe he has / had form for what I was told.
I was also involved in the processing of business expense claims for the same company. It wasn't unusual to see very questionable claims being submitted by the sales team, which had been approved by their manager, for expenses from known gentlemen clubs in London for thousands of pounds. Within the same batch of expenses there would quite often be separate receipts with the same date for "masseuse services" for more than your average massage cost, if you get my drift.
During that same period, a senior manager who was from South America but based in one of the London offices, flew over about 6 of his own polo horses from Argentina for a team building event. This was submitted as a business expense, approved and the cost covered by the business! I don't recall the exact figure but it was an insane amount of money.
The business also used to receive 7-10 days notification informing when the external auditors were incoming and advised of which files they wanted to review. Those files would then be pulled to ensure everything was in order and if not, and it couldn't be "fixed", the file would simply be "lost".
I could go on and on and on...
