Comment McDonald's had no choice but to fire its boss Easterbrook for affair
almost 6 years in Standard
To European eyes, McDonald's sacking of cheif executive Steve Easterbrook over a consensual affair with an employee seems totally OTT. Surely a rap on the knuckles would suffice, or a fine, perhaps. When the now-Lloyd's of London chief John Neal got a rollocking for having a relationship with his PA by his old shop QBE, a £340,000 fine was the end of the affair (well, not literally - she's now his wife).