A lot of things have been "historically OK" (at Google and elsewhere), but are no longer acceptable in today's society. It is called progress.
Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/GrlEQ15mVPM
Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/GrlEQ15mVPM
Did you miss this^^? She complained. Maybe she complained to get back at him but still, she complained.
Bill Gates also dated and married a subordinate. Poor woman, where was Gloria Allred to save her...
My point was that sleeping with subordinates is not historically the kind of thing that gets people fired at Google. I make no claim about whether that's good or bad (whether or not that should ever be ok is a different discussion), just an observation that that's the way it has been, which (along with the HR complaint) indicates to me that this wasn't a simple case of Rubin sleeping with a subordinate.