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posted by on Monday March 20 2017, @07:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the golden-parachute-time dept.

As reported at Recode:

Jeff Jones, the president of Uber, is quitting the car-hailing company after less than a year. The move by the No. 2 exec, said sources, is directly related to the multiple controversies there, including explosive charges of sexism and sexual harassment.

Jones, said sources, determined that this was not the situation he signed on for, especially after Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced a search for a new COO to help him right the very troubled ship.

That was not the reason for Jones' departure, sources said, even though it meant that Kalanick was bringing in a new exec who could outrank him. Instead, these sources said, Jones determined that the situation at the company was more problematic than he realized.

[...] (UPDATE: Jones also confirmed the departure with a blistering assessment of the company. "It is now clear, however, that the beliefs and approach to leadership that have guided my career are inconsistent with what I saw and experienced at Uber, and I can no longer continue as president of the ride sharing business," he said in a statement to Recode.)

Also at Bloomberg and The New York Times.

Third exec gone in one month.


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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday March 21 2017, @03:41AM (1 child)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Tuesday March 21 2017, @03:41AM (#481957)

    Maybe, but the obviously not-American-born cabbies I've been with who were also not old enough to have decades of experience driving shitty people around didn't have very good manners or demeanors either. As I said, it seems the cab companies just attract people with crappy personalities.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 21 2017, @11:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 21 2017, @11:41AM (#482054)

    Imagine being the guy who goes around the street selling life-saving medicines. Now imagine dealing with patients who don't want to take the medicine, which is what a lot of travelers look like - drunk, argumentative, dismissive etc. Now imagine they think they are paying you a lot.

    I am not defending bad behavior, but that's how taxi drivers look at themselves.