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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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 14 2017, @07:29PM (1 child)
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.
(Score: 1) by daver!west!fmc on Wednesday June 14 2017, @08:19PM
From a couple or three months ago.
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/jia-tolentino/the-gig-economy-celebrates-working-yourself-to-death [newyorker.com]
TL,DR: read the SEO-enhanced link. Features Lyft and Fiverr.
My take on it, Lyft doesn't have quite the same mix of sexism and toxin as Uber, they'd be just as celebratory of a guy who tied a tourniquet on and took one more ride before going to the ER. Or maybe not, that story still wouldn't involve a childbirth.