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Travis himself has exhibited poor public behavior that was recorded by an Uber driver. That in itself reflects upon the company. Yes his assertiveness and dri
by jmspring 9y ago
Travis himself has exhibited poor public behavior that was recorded by an Uber driver. That in itself reflects upon the company.
Yes his assertiveness and drive got them where they are, but sometimes companies do need to grow up.
Jobs was a consistent asshole expecting perfection. That is way different than emboldening a climate of harassment, degradation, etc. that took place under his watch. Having recent external c-level hires quit due to the revelations of "culture" speak much.
I hope Uber can continue. As someone who travels internationally on business, it's quite useful. Seeing him go, it's just one more example. Pincus felt screwed through how Tribe.net went through, set himself up in a sheltered position at Zynga and through a combination of "management style" and problems at the company had to step down.
The cultural issues made public between Zynga and Uber are way different, but in both cases you had CEOs that structured the holdings such that they could retain power despite turmoil.
Sometimes the turmoil is too great.
My last international trip, I used Lyft.
- aembleton 9y agoDoes Lyft operate outside the US?
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- jmspring 9y agoMy bad, it was Left in Seattle. My last international trip was Uber just for the fact that it was the only available service (and takes amex).
- victorhooi 9y agoYou assert that: > Travis himself has exhibited poor public behavior that was recorded by an Uber driver Do you have any evidence of this, or is this hearsay? If you're referring to the video I suspect you might be - have you actually watched it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejZL5Flwmjc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejZL5Flwmjc All I see if a bitter, vindictive man try to ambush the CEO of Uber on a night out - who then actually sits down and tries to explain his reasoning to him for several minutes, before giving up, and being "stuff this" and getting out.
- s73ver 9y agoAnd I see the opposite. I see a CEO being confronted by one of the people who actually makes his company work, and the CEO telling him to go get fucked.