A scandal splashes Bill Gates: A contracting company would have asked women who were looking for work in the billionaire’s company sexual questions. The disclosure was made by the Wall Street Journal.
According to this, the security company that carried out the selection process, Concentric Advisors, delved into the sexual life of each candidate. The issues turned out to be quite thorny.
Of course Bill Gates was not directly involved, but when his name appears, everything goes through a loudspeaker. She magnifies.
The uncomfortable questions about women’s sexual preferences
The women were questioned not only about their sexual histories, but also past drug use “and other parts of their private lives.” that could indicate that they were vulnerable to blackmail.”
“Some candidates,” the newspaper notes, “were asked if they had ever had extramarital affairs, what kind of pornography they preferred, or if they had nude pictures of them on their phones.”
They were even asked if they had ever “danced for dollars” or contracted a sexually transmitted disease.
The situation made several people uncomfortable, who went to the newspaper to make it known.
Although it could not be determined if any man were asked such questions, none of those who spoke to the Wall Street Journal said yes,” the report noted.
What does Bill Gates’ company say about it?
Bill Gates’ private office Gates Ventures, responded to the WSJ through a spokeswoman, denying having heard of such questions.
This line of questioning would be unacceptable and a violation of Gates Ventures’ agreement with the contractor.” that it must comply with pre-employment screening laws, the spokeswoman said.
The Wall Street Journal also spoke to people close to Concentric Advisors, who responded that they were just trying to “find any information that had the potential to be used to compromise or blackmail people that they would be working closely with one of the richest men in the world.”
Concentric claimed that its protocols comply with applicable laws.