A former employee at US-based software company Astronomer claims he was dismissed after the CEO and HR chief were caught on the big screen at a Coldplay concert using tickets he had arranged.
Alex Cohen, who managed the company's events team, posted on X formerly Twitter that he had been fired shortly after the outing. In the same post, he alleged that CEO Andy Byron and HR head Kristin Cabot were in a relationship and were seen together during the concert's kiss cam segment.
Turns out our CEO and Head of HR were having an affair and got caught at the Coldplay concert that I bought the company tickets toThey blamed me for getting caught and fired me on the spot, Cohen wrote.
Former employees weigh inAccording to the New York Post , sources connected to the company described Byron as toxic and aggressive in his leadership. As a result, former employees have reportedly been sharing the concert footage among themselves, finding humour in the public exposure.
The text groups and chains of former employees are like - everybody's laughing their a off and enjoying the hell out of what happened and him getting exposed, one source told the Post .