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> Do you mind explaining that? I'm not sure I follow. This is obviously highly speculative, but Uber is a really leaky ship right now. This could be solely coi

> Do you mind explaining that? I'm not sure I follow. This is obviously highly speculative, but Uber is a really leaky ship right now. This could be solely coincidence, but I am positing that – potentially – someone who wants increased influence at, or to increase pressure on, Uber may see opportunity here. To that end, they might be spinning parts of the narrative through their press relationships. In other words: never let a crisis go to waste...

skywhopper 10y ago
I think it's just as likely that the people with grievances to air are far more likely to be listened to once an initial scandal breaks. As soon as the first tale hit the mainstream news, every editor and reporter suddenly had a reason to publish an otherwise ignorable story. Top execs leaving is more easily explained. This is the time if you have skeletons in your closet, assuming the internal investigation is real, before your dirty laundry is aired in the national news. And if you see this as Uber's death knell better to bail before it tarnishes your own rep to have worked there.
- bsder 10y ago
  > And if you see this as Uber's death knell better to bail before it tarnishes your own rep to have worked there. Even if it's not Uber's death knell, as top exec it's probably better to bail now. You can take your "I ran X at Uber" managerial propaganda and cash in on that for a better position. An Uber IPO probably isn't going to be life-changing amounts of money anymore for these levels of people even with the sweet deals that the hoi polloi would never get, so time to move on.
- genericpseudo 10y ago
  > I think it's just as likely that the people with grievances to air are far more likely to be listened to once an initial scandal breaks. I think both things can be true at once.
kbenson 10y ago
Ah, okay. That's what I thought you might have been referring to, but the term "insurgent means" is unique enough and vague enough that it piqued my interest enough to make sure. :)
- genericpseudo 10y ago
  Well, it's not business-as-usual, that's for sure.
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skywhopper 10y ago

I think it's just as likely that the people with grievances to air are far more likely to be listened to once an initial scandal breaks. As soon as the first tale hit the mainstream news, every editor and reporter suddenly had a reason to publish an otherwise ignorable story. Top execs leaving is more easily explained. This is the time if you have skeletons in your closet, assuming the internal investigation is real, before your dirty laundry is aired in the national news. And if you see this as Uber's death knell better to bail before it tarnishes your own rep to have worked there.

bsder 10y ago
> And if you see this as Uber's death knell better to bail before it tarnishes your own rep to have worked there. Even if it's not Uber's death knell, as top exec it's probably better to bail now. You can take your "I ran X at Uber" managerial propaganda and cash in on that for a better position. An Uber IPO probably isn't going to be life-changing amounts of money anymore for these levels of people even with the sweet deals that the hoi polloi would never get, so time to move on.
genericpseudo 10y ago
> I think it's just as likely that the people with grievances to air are far more likely to be listened to once an initial scandal breaks. I think both things can be true at once.

kbenson 10y ago

Ah, okay. That's what I thought you might have been referring to, but the term "insurgent means" is unique enough and vague enough that it piqued my interest enough to make sure. :)

genericpseudo 10y ago
Well, it's not business-as-usual, that's for sure.
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