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Uber's no-good, very bad month: The stunning string of blows that have upended the world's most valuable startup
It's pretty insane, here are some quotes from the article
It's pretty insane, here are some quotes from the article
Employees did cocaine during a company retreat and a manager had to be fired after groping multiple women, according to the report. Former employees said they'd notified Uber's leadership, including Kalanick and CTO Thuan Pham, of the workplace harassment.
The New York Times revealed that Uber has been secretively deceiving authorities for years with a tool called 'Greyball'. Uber used the tool to evade authorities, particularly at times when city regulators were trying to block the ride-hailing service, according to a report by The New York Times' Mike Isaac. The tool collected data from Uber's app to identify and evade officials in cities like Boston, Paris, and Las Vegas.
In the video — recorded by the driver, Fawzi Kamel — CEO Travis Kalanick sits in the back between two women on Super Bowl Sunday...
.. "You know what? Some people don't like to take responsibility for their own s---. They blame everything in their life on somebody else.
The executive exodus also continued with Uber's head of AI only lasting four months at the company. Gary Marcus stepped aside to become an "adviser" to Uber, only four months after the ride-hailing company had acquired his artificial intelligence startup, Geometric Intelligence.
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