The private office of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates asked women incredibly creepy questions during the intensive job interview process, according to reports.
Women seeking employment at Gates Ventures have come forward to allege that they faced sexually explicit questioning during the screening process.
Gates has a long history of pursuing women for sexual affairs, as Slay News has reported.
The billionaire is also still at the center of controversy over his loosely-explained friendship with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The news also follows an April report from Slay News that revealed Gates has been donating millions of dollars to an organization lobbying for children to be considered “sexual beings.”
According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, women who were interviewed for positions at Gates Ventures were subjected to an extensive screening process that included sexually explicit questions.
The screening was conducted by the security firm Concentric Advisors.
Female job candidates were asked invasive questions about their sexual histories, past drug use, and other private life aspects that could potentially make them susceptible to blackmail.
Some of the women were asked about their involvement in extramarital affairs, their preferences in pornography, and whether they had any nude photographs of themselves on their phones.
“This line of questioning would be unacceptable and a violation of Gates Ventures’ agreement with the contractor,” a spokeswoman for Gates Ventures stated.
The spokeswoman claimed to be unaware of such practices during background checks.
Concentric Advisors, the firm responsible for the screenings, defended its practices, however.
The company states that its protocols comply with all applicable laws.
The firm’s primary goal, it claims, was to uncover any information that could potentially be used to compromise or blackmail individuals who would be working closely with one of the world’s wealthiest men.
However, the process described has raised eyebrows among employment lawyers and security consultants.
Many suggest that such practices could potentially violate state and federal employment discrimination laws.
Carol Miaskoff, legal counsel of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, was quoted saying: “Any questions about a candidate’s health or psychiatric history before a job offer is just flat out prohibited by the federal Americans With Disabilities Act.”
Even if the hiring method was an acceptable practice, Gates himself may utterly fail many of the questions that women have faced.
For example, Microsoft had to warn Gates to stop pestering female employees with flirty emails.
In October 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported that in 2008, executives at Microsoft discovered emails between Gates and a mid-level female employee.
At the time, Gates was married and still employed at Microsoft and was a chairman of the board.
In the messages, Gates appeared to flirt with the female employees and propositioned her.
Two of the company’s top executives, Brad Smith, who was serving as General Counsel at the time, and Lisa Brummel, who was serving as the company’s Chief People Officer, met with Gates about the emails.
During the meeting, Smith and Brummel reportedly warned Gates that his behavior was inappropriate and had to stop.
Gates reportedly did not deny the exchanges at the time but told executives that in hindsight having relations with an employee was not a good idea.
He said that he would put an end to the relationship.
Microsoft insiders also referred to Gates as an “office bully” who aggressively pursued affairs with women in the office.
Gates’ ongoing pursuit of women and his close relationship with Epstein put him in a sticky situation when he initiated an affair with a very young Russian bridge player, as Slay News reported.
The Microsoft founder and the woman in question first made contact sometime in 2010 when she was in her 20s.
Disgraced financier Epstein consequently met her in 2013 and later paid for her to attend software coding school, the report sets out.
In 2017, Epstein emailed Gates and asked to be reimbursed for the cost of the course, according to the people familiar with the matter who spoke with the Journal.
Gates was apparently unaware that Epstein knew of his secret affair.
Epstein sent the email to Gates while asking him to make a large donation.
He reportedly brought up the information to let Gates know what he knew to pressure him to make the donation.
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