Air Aisa Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes was criticised for attending an online meeting shirtless and was also getting massaged during the virtual meeting.
The CEO shared a shirtless pic of himself on his LinkedIn account Fernandes appreciated Indonesia and the work culture at AirAsia which allowed him to get a massage while attending a management meeting. He wrote in the caption “Got to love Indonesia and AirAsia culture that I can have a massage and do a management meeting.”
“I don’t think the women in your company would feel comfortable or safe in this context, and given you’re the boss, they likely won’t challenge you or say anything. Please for their sake, listen to the comments you’ve deleted on this post. You are clearly a smart leader that cares about culture but this isn’t the way to create a supportive, safe one,” wrote one commenter.
“A grown man, who is the chief executive of a publicly listed company, conducts a management meeting with his shirt off as he gets a massage. Remove ‘who is the chief executive of a publicly listed company’ and it is still inappropriate,” said another.