Posted on 03/03/2020 1:32:03 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Al Hunt, Bloomberg News' former Washington editor and one of the organization's most visible faces in politics until his 2018 exit, was accused over the course of years by multiple women of giving unsolicited massages and verbally berating employees for minor infractions, Business Insider has learned. Despite at least two financial settlements with women who complained about the editor, he continued in his position for years, sources said.
That's one of the findings in a weeks-long investigation conducted by Business Insider into the company's culture. The investigation involved interviews with more than 40 current and former Bloomberg LP employees and found allegations of a toxic, macho workplace culture fueled by fear, in which powerful people screamed at underlings and bullied them with impunity. When they reported claims of inappropriate behavior to human resources, these staffers said, they were routinely ignored.
In the course of Business Insider's investigation, few names came up more frequently in conversations with former employees than Hunt's.
During his time at Bloomberg News, Hunt developed a reputation among some employees for a volatile temper and a propensity to touch women in ways that, to some, felt too intimate. Several former employees said Hunt was notorious for giving women who worked for him massages without bothering to ask first.
He would frequently walk up behind a female co-worker seated at her desk and begin rubbing her shoulders without warning, according to seven people who saw him do it. "I remember seeing his hands move pretty rapidly between her shoulders and her arms," one former employee recalled. "His hands were all over her."
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Wasn’t he married/still married to the UghleeAzz public-slurping Judy WoodROUGH?
Can’t say that I entirely blame ya, Al
Unsolicited massages?
Who does he think he is, George Bush?
I remember that he was one of the “Republican” side commentators on the news talk shows.
Left-wing blowhard who was on TV because he looked like an intellectual.
...and Bloomberg did nothing.
Are those deeds now grounds for felony charges?
Bloomberg almost certainly did it, too.
I had one boss play the “give me a shoulder massage” game with his female subordinates that he was grooming for some side action. Unsurprisingly, he never asked us males in the office to do that!
“verbally berating employees for minor infractions”
yo mini...sounds like a dicktator after your own heart.
I’d bet Hunt wouldn’t do that to Hunter. International shakedown mobster would intervene. He’s a good fella.
He would frequently walk up behind a female co-worker seated at her desk and begin rubbing her shoulders without warning, according to seven people who saw him do it. “I remember seeing his hands move pretty rapidly between her shoulders and her arms,” one former employee recalled. “His hands were all over her.”
While whispering, “You can call me Al”
Always hated him from watching capital gang
Wrong
[I remember that he was one of the “Republican” side commentators on the news talk shows.]
Wonder if he asked them about his brother Mike?
Al Hunt was on the Democrat side.
I saw a cartoon. A handsome man flirts with a secretary and she clasps her hands and little hearts flow from her eyes. Then, an ugly guy does the same thing and she yells, “harassment!”
I went through the listed sexual “perverts” near me. There are photos of each. What I noticed was, without exception, they were ugly people. It makes one wonder...
Now here’s a sanctimonious ass hole who deserves whatever grief these incidents pile on top of him.
Yep, he was a self-righteous moralizer - always telling conservatives how immoral and uncompassionate we are. Just another hypocrite, like BJ Clinton, Matt Lauer, Joe Biden and all of the other Dems.
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