Uber CEO's memo on diversity could use a fact checker
Safe to say, the past 24 hours have Uber a little shook up. So shook, in fact, that it's been a little free and easy with statistics.
On Sunday, former-Uber engineer Susan J. Fowler's chilling account of workplace ***ism and incompetent HR practices sent #DeleteUber trending yet again. In response, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick sent a company-wide email to employees Monday seeking to calm the waters.
In Fowler's telling, harassment and disorder in upper management at the company was the **rm, with the number of women in her organization dropping from around 25 percent women to 6 percent during her time there. Read more...