CS177 Case Study: An Office Romance Gone Wrong

Looking back at the case study An Office Romance Gone Wrong, I believe that Elizabeth was put in a hard situation in which she has to make a decision while still experiencing an emotional turmoil. I believe that it is best for her to personally leave the job and join another company, or to switch branches to the one in London. I back the idea of her personally leaving the job as the C-suite executives have failed to show true leadership and sympathy for its employees; and when such a workplace culture exists then it is bound to fail as the best companies in the world have demonstrated care for its employees wellbeing and mental health. If the company really cared about its employees, the organization would have provided resources for an employee such as Elizabeth who is experiencing a difficult time in the workplace as she had recently broken up with Brad the CFO. Which brings me to another point into why the company has terrible leadership skills, you would believe Brad to show maturity and responsibility for formerly dating a coworker (Elizabeth), but he fails to do so by quickly getting into another relationship and showing public display of affection to a new employee of the company just recently after breaking up with Elizabeth. Elizabeth leaving the job is completely justified as her talents are seen as highly valuable and no matter where she ends up working at, with the skills that she has, she would quickly go up into the C-suite ladder, but this time at a more stable and ethical company where her skill set would be more greatly appreciated.