July 23, 2025 • 6 mins
Greg Giangrande joins Mendte in the Morning to talk about the viral Coldplay kiss cam moment, and the ethical ramifications of that relationship between the CEO and the head of HR.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's get the Greg g and Grande career advice expert.
You can check them out at go to Greg dot com.
Greg joins us every Wednesday at nine to thirty five.
A whole lot to talk about. I thought about you
when I saw the viral moment, the Coldplay viral moment
with the CEO and the person in charge of HR
(00:22):
in an embrace because they were having an affair. What
were your first thoughts? I mean, you look at that
at a different angle than I do. What were your
first thoughts when you found out who they were and
about that moment?
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Well, first, please clarify when you say that you thought
of me, because I would never I would never do
such a thing. But I did. I have an immediate reaction.
It's like, of all of the spectacular career crash and
(01:01):
burns that I have witnessed throughout my career, this definitely
is in the pantheon of like one of the most
epic that Well, here we are a week later, still
talking about it, and it will be referenced for many
years to come. It's you know. And then I also
(01:23):
thought of a few things, like it's no surprise that
coworkers are having an affair. I mean what According to
most surveys, here's is something. It's just what percentage of
employees admit to having an affair at work, a sexual
encounter at work?
Speaker 1 (01:40):
When you're talking about affair, that means one of them
is married? Or are we just talking about.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Have had have had sex with a coworker?
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Eight?
Speaker 1 (01:51):
What I come from the TV news world, it's different.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
We're not We're not. We're not talking about like porn hub. Yeah, well,
now's not going to have any impact. But when you
when you talk about affairs, right, like one of them
(02:20):
is married, the number is still high. It's it's more
than twenty percent of people say that they have had
an affair with a coworker.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Like again, I'm sorry, I was still was still a
little hazy. I was reminiscing, But go ahead, what was
that number?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
One more time? It's as much as twenty five percent
of employees who admit that they have cheated on their
spouse with a coworker.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
That that's people that aren't telling the truth. They admit
it is a strong word.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Well yeah, well, and that's the saying they've cheated with
a coworker doesn't mean that they haven't you know, cheated
with other people as well. But the point is there's
a lot of sex going on at work, or at
least between people who work together. But in some cases, yes,
I have caught people doing that at work. It's so
that's not surprising. What's surprising is how indiscreete people are.
(03:21):
It's almost like they don't care if they get caught
or or they want to get caught. I can't get
into psychoanalyzing why some people do some of the things
they do. And I'm not being judgmental, you know, consenting
adults like you know, you do what you want to
do and then you take the risks and you pay
the price. And if you're willing to do that, okay.
(03:43):
But there's no way either one of them, you know,
their jobs could have survived. Of course, the CEO had
to resign, and you haven't heard anything about the head
of HR. That's because her lawyer is working out a deal.
I don't know this firsthand, but I know exactly what's
going on. Her lawyer is negotiating. You know, he was
the boss. There's so many different things we don't know
(04:06):
about the story and the relationship. Of course that I'm
sure she's trying to negotiate as good an exit as
she can.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, I don't want to cut them any slack at all.
I think what they've did was abhorrent. However, the chances
of you saying you have to be careful and you
have to watch out the chances of being caught on
a kiss cam at a Cold Play concert when you're
like up in the third level, our minuscule are absolutely minuscule.
(04:34):
And as we've talked about several times, it was their reaction.
Had they not reacted at all, they'd be fine. It
was the shade.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
No one would have known. But and so you know,
I don't know that I can give advice on you know,
what to do if you get caught.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Like, come on, why you help?
Speaker 2 (04:58):
It is normal were a CEO and a CHRORO to
be embracing at a concert, so lot it can get caught.
Don't act like you're doing something wrong.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, since your nature, you would know from personal like
that's normal. Yeah, that's exactly You're right. What the hell
else are you going to react? The person that posted
the video said, had they just been normal, I wouldn't
even have posted the video. It was the reaction that
had me do that. I know you have a strong reaction.
We were talking about dogs at work. You have a
strong reaction to this.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
What is it? I love animals. Dogs belong at home
in a yard, but not at work. It's hard enough
to live with neighbors who have dogs from like you know,
vicious little chiualas to pitbulls. Imagine bringing that collection of
animals to an office. It shouldn't be done. No employers
(05:54):
should agree to that. It may sound cool. You might
be able to hire a few extra gen zers, but
you're going to lose more talent than you're going to gain.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Yeah, real quick. What about a four day work week?
Good thing, bad thing? Uh?
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Well, I think hybrid is going to make that a
moot point because what that means is people want more
flexibility by having three days off, and I think you
can accommodate that, which where most employers are doing now,
by having more flexibility built into working in the office
and working from home. So I don't think that's going
to become a norm.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Greg g and Grande career advice expert. You can check
them out at go to Greg dot com. Greg joins
us every Wednesday at nine to thirty five Greg, thanks
a lot, good to talk to you.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Have a great week. Thank you.
Let's get the Greg g and Grande career advice expert.
You can check them out at go to Greg dot com.
Greg joins us every Wednesday at nine to thirty five.
A whole lot to talk about. I thought about you
when I saw the viral moment, the Coldplay viral moment
with the CEO and the person in charge of HR
(00:22):
in an embrace because they were having an affair. What
were your first thoughts? I mean, you look at that
at a different angle than I do. What were your
first thoughts when you found out who they were and
about that moment?
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Well, first, please clarify when you say that you thought
of me, because I would never I would never do
such a thing. But I did. I have an immediate reaction.
It's like, of all of the spectacular career crash and
(01:01):
burns that I have witnessed throughout my career, this definitely
is in the pantheon of like one of the most
epic that Well, here we are a week later, still
talking about it, and it will be referenced for many
years to come. It's you know. And then I also
(01:23):
thought of a few things, like it's no surprise that
coworkers are having an affair. I mean what According to
most surveys, here's is something. It's just what percentage of
employees admit to having an affair at work, a sexual
encounter at work?
Speaker 1 (01:40):
When you're talking about affair, that means one of them
is married? Or are we just talking about.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Have had have had sex with a coworker?
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Eight?
Speaker 1 (01:51):
What I come from the TV news world, it's different.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
We're not We're not. We're not talking about like porn hub. Yeah, well,
now's not going to have any impact. But when you
when you talk about affairs, right, like one of them
(02:20):
is married, the number is still high. It's it's more
than twenty percent of people say that they have had
an affair with a coworker.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Like again, I'm sorry, I was still was still a
little hazy. I was reminiscing, But go ahead, what was
that number?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
One more time? It's as much as twenty five percent
of employees who admit that they have cheated on their
spouse with a coworker.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
That that's people that aren't telling the truth. They admit
it is a strong word.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Well yeah, well, and that's the saying they've cheated with
a coworker doesn't mean that they haven't you know, cheated
with other people as well. But the point is there's
a lot of sex going on at work, or at
least between people who work together. But in some cases, yes,
I have caught people doing that at work. It's so
that's not surprising. What's surprising is how indiscreete people are.
(03:21):
It's almost like they don't care if they get caught
or or they want to get caught. I can't get
into psychoanalyzing why some people do some of the things
they do. And I'm not being judgmental, you know, consenting
adults like you know, you do what you want to
do and then you take the risks and you pay
the price. And if you're willing to do that, okay.
(03:43):
But there's no way either one of them, you know,
their jobs could have survived. Of course, the CEO had
to resign, and you haven't heard anything about the head
of HR. That's because her lawyer is working out a deal.
I don't know this firsthand, but I know exactly what's
going on. Her lawyer is negotiating. You know, he was
the boss. There's so many different things we don't know
(04:06):
about the story and the relationship. Of course that I'm
sure she's trying to negotiate as good an exit as
she can.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, I don't want to cut them any slack at all.
I think what they've did was abhorrent. However, the chances
of you saying you have to be careful and you
have to watch out the chances of being caught on
a kiss cam at a Cold Play concert when you're
like up in the third level, our minuscule are absolutely minuscule.
(04:34):
And as we've talked about several times, it was their reaction.
Had they not reacted at all, they'd be fine. It
was the shade.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
No one would have known. But and so you know,
I don't know that I can give advice on you know,
what to do if you get caught.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Like, come on, why you help?
Speaker 2 (04:58):
It is normal were a CEO and a CHRORO to
be embracing at a concert, so lot it can get caught.
Don't act like you're doing something wrong.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, since your nature, you would know from personal like
that's normal. Yeah, that's exactly You're right. What the hell
else are you going to react? The person that posted
the video said, had they just been normal, I wouldn't
even have posted the video. It was the reaction that
had me do that. I know you have a strong reaction.
We were talking about dogs at work. You have a
strong reaction to this.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
What is it? I love animals. Dogs belong at home
in a yard, but not at work. It's hard enough
to live with neighbors who have dogs from like you know,
vicious little chiualas to pitbulls. Imagine bringing that collection of
animals to an office. It shouldn't be done. No employers
(05:54):
should agree to that. It may sound cool. You might
be able to hire a few extra gen zers, but
you're going to lose more talent than you're going to gain.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Yeah, real quick. What about a four day work week?
Good thing, bad thing? Uh?
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Well, I think hybrid is going to make that a
moot point because what that means is people want more
flexibility by having three days off, and I think you
can accommodate that, which where most employers are doing now,
by having more flexibility built into working in the office
and working from home. So I don't think that's going
to become a norm.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Greg g and Grande career advice expert. You can check
them out at go to Greg dot com. Greg joins
us every Wednesday at nine to thirty five Greg, thanks
a lot, good to talk to you.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Have a great week. Thank you.
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