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posted by n1 on Wednesday June 14 2017, @02:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the someone-call-him-a-cab dept.

Uber's CEO Travis Kalanick has told staff that he is taking a break. Uber's board is also reallocating some of Kalanick's responsibilities:

There is no doubt that Travis Kalanick, the billionaire founder of the Uber lift-sharing platform, built a company that is one of the giants of Silicon Valley. However, recent months have seen him make a series of apologies for both his own behaviour and that of members of his leadership team. He has now told staff he is going to take some time away from the firm. He is set to have fewer responsibilities upon his return.

Meanwhile, a board meeting addressing sexual harassment at the company had its own sexist moment just minutes in, captured on audio and leaked to Yahoo! Finance:

While speaking, Huffington pointed out that Uber was adding a woman to its board, Wan Ling Martello.

"There's a lot of data that shows when there's one woman on the board, it's much more likely that there will be a second woman on the board," she said around six minutes into the recording.

"Actually what it shows is it's much likely to be more talking," Uber board member David Bonderman said.

"Oh. Come on, David," Huffington responded.

Also at NYT, TechCrunch, and The Verge.

Previously: Uber's Board is Meeting to Discuss CEO Kalanick Temporarily Stepping Down


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by kaszz on Wednesday June 14 2017, @02:44PM (3 children)

    by kaszz (4211) on Wednesday June 14 2017, @02:44PM (#525444) Journal

    Be quick to fetch the popcorn! In time to watch the Ûber ship to go down in intense flames and screams ;-)
    Don't forget to blank their stock.

    Btw, anyone have their location coordinates? I have this cone shaped thing with a cylinder thing below and it has this configuration terminal that prompts for location data before "commencing"..

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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday June 14 2017, @03:05PM (2 children)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday June 14 2017, @03:05PM (#525461)

    Be quick to fetch the popcorn! In time to watch the Ûber ship to go down in intense flames and screams ;-)

    Huh? Where'd you get that? That's the problem with this move: it'll likely save the Uber ship from sinking, so we're denied our popcorn moment. I'd rather see him stubbornly stay in his CEO position and guide Uber to certain doom, so that better competitors like Lyft can take over.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 14 2017, @07:29PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 14 2017, @07:29PM (#525619)

      so that better competitors like Lyft can take over.

      Is this true? I know Uber is scrummy and in my personal opinion literally criminal. However, is Lyft and the others better (for following laws, not misrepresenting themselves to the community and to workers, and generally "acting ethically")?

      I haven't heard much about Lyft and the others so I assumed they were better, but I'm actually not sure.