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This will only happen if he's forced out or there's a massive internal strike at Uber. I imagine he has to have something over on the board (e.g. proof of their

This will only happen if he's forced out or there's a massive internal strike at Uber. I imagine he has to have something over on the board (e.g. proof of their knowledge/complicity in covering up sexual harassment), given how obviously toxic he is. And from the interactions I've had with Uber employees on this forum, there are no lengths they won't go to rationalize the most obviously horrific behavior on the part of Uber's leadership. I'm not optimistic, but then again we seem to be living in quite the era for black swans.

hkmurakami 10y ago
I've been at a company where the CEO is the source of a toxic culture. The board will never kick them out pre IPO if the company is growing. They might go for a coup post exit though.
- nojvek 10y ago
  Old Microsoft was super aggressive and alpha. Not sure about the harassment though. It's now a calmer behemoth. If travis is the hero of Uber who employees rejoice then him stepping down would be a death blow to the Company. At this point Uber has got fuck you money to keep on burning employees. Employees have golden handcuffs that don't come off until IPO. The best people can do is not get a job at Uber. The existing employees start quitting en-masse or a major internal data leak. The revolution needs to come within Uber.
  - jschwartzi 10y ago
    The best people can do is actually to stop using Uber. Vote with your wallet, and go to a different service. It's what I'm doing.
    - akoncius 10y ago
      I was voting against Uber by not using it from the beginning: it seems to me unethical to dump entire taxi industry by not being profitable, but by attracting investments from VC and decreasing prices below profitability just to screw others.
      - sjg007 10y ago
        I mean Taxis themselves have been known to take people for a ride. One reason there are local government regulations is to protect people from being ripped off. Lyft it is! And if lyft is just as bad then maybe someone will start the Fair Trade Transportation App.
argonaut 10y ago
Uber has almost always had the advantage when it came to raising money (perhaps today that is no longer the case), so I bet Travis has control over the board.

hkmurakami 10y ago

I've been at a company where the CEO is the source of a toxic culture. The board will never kick them out pre IPO if the company is growing. They might go for a coup post exit though.

nojvek 10y ago
Old Microsoft was super aggressive and alpha. Not sure about the harassment though. It's now a calmer behemoth. If travis is the hero of Uber who employees rejoice then him stepping down would be a death blow to the Company. At this point Uber has got fuck you money to keep on burning employees. Employees have golden handcuffs that don't come off until IPO. The best people can do is not get a job at Uber. The existing employees start quitting en-masse or a major internal data leak. The revolution needs to come within Uber.
- jschwartzi 10y ago
  The best people can do is actually to stop using Uber. Vote with your wallet, and go to a different service. It's what I'm doing.
  - akoncius 10y ago
    I was voting against Uber by not using it from the beginning: it seems to me unethical to dump entire taxi industry by not being profitable, but by attracting investments from VC and decreasing prices below profitability just to screw others.
    - sjg007 10y ago
      I mean Taxis themselves have been known to take people for a ride. One reason there are local government regulations is to protect people from being ripped off. Lyft it is! And if lyft is just as bad then maybe someone will start the Fair Trade Transportation App.

argonaut 10y ago

Uber has almost always had the advantage when it came to raising money (perhaps today that is no longer the case), so I bet Travis has control over the board.