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Behaving unethically often benefits people in the short-term, but in the long-term it usually ends up a net negative, especially if the behavior keeps up. Uber
by jforman 10y ago
Behaving unethically often benefits people in the short-term, but in the long-term it usually ends up a net negative, especially if the behavior keeps up. Uber's founders apparently don't understand this, and have imparted to you their misunderstanding.
Uber will have increasing difficulty attracting and retaining talent now that their toxic culture is public. When you're a rocket ship people are willing to gloss over a lot, but Uber no longer has 100x potential returns on options. The liability only gets worse as the stock matures.
Not to mention the wave of lawsuits that is likely coming as Uber employees are emboldened.
- erikb 10y agoTrue, but for most jobs rewards are also set up in a way that short term benefits heavily outweight long term benefits. And that's not just top management. E.g., many software engineers are respected by their managers and team mates based on how many issues they close every week. Nearly zero reward for creating meaningful issues or solving a problem with a big long termin impact that is not an issue.