>"Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding,"

== no affection between people.

OK I mean I get they're having an affair, but really companies need to stay out of that moralizing people's lives biz.

It's great to live in a world where a convicted felon can become the President of the US, but upper management gets fired because they are having an affair. /s

Pretty sure there will be personal consequences for them, I don't think there is any value in punishing them professionally.

Some rather flippant dismissal going on in the other comments here.

The reasons that this sort of things is frowned on by corporate governance are firstly the non-merit-based promotions that happen, and secondly the power imbalance. It's a reputational risk for the corp.

Especially with women in lower positions on the org chart and men in higher ones, there is a risk of coercion if intimate relationships are allowed.