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by st3v3r 10y ago
It might not see the courtroom, but you can be damn sure it will see the front page of TechCrunch, The Verge, the New York Times, etc. I think public opinion backlash would be far too great for Uber to do anything about that but tuck their
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by st3v3r 10y ago
I wouldn't be willing to admit that I had seen that, or had experienced that in front of my direct manager. Especially given what happened to those who did try to report.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
The Ellen Pao case found that, at least in California, an arbitration clause did not hold up. Hence why, despite her employer having such a clause in her contract, she was still able to go to trial.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Abuse has absolutely NOTHING to do with whether or not the victim feels they can safely report it. NOTHING. End of story.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Honestly, the type that is afraid to be fired and doesn't want to rock the boat. I'd like to believe I'd stand up and say that's wrong, but never having been in the situation, I don't know how I'd react. I&#x27
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by st3v3r 10y ago
"If they dont stand up for themselves on any level, then they simply arent being abused" This is, hands down, the worst take ever.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
No.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
This is kinda like saying, "We should never punish a company for wrongdoing, because they'll pass that on to customers and employees." It doesn't really hold water.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
"Innocent till proven guilty surely?" That's for the courts. Not for me hiring my executive team. I have enough damn headaches as it is; I don't need someone coming in and causing more. Especially because, let's be
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by st3v3r 10y ago
There's nothing inherently "not good" with switching jobs, no. There's also nothing inherently "good" with switching jobs, either. It's at best a neutral action. However, given what he said he wanted to do
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Civil unions aren't the same thing.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
And none of that matters. Fact of the matter is, we do require marriage licenses. And unless you're going to go out and campaign that the government should get out of straight marriage, trying to point this out is quite ignorant and wo
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by st3v3r 10y ago
It's more than just marriage, though. Same sex marriage is seen as an acceptance thing as well. By seeing that they are treated like equals, and given the same rights, they'll feel more like they actually belong in society.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Only for certain people.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
I cannot have any respect for that position whatsoever until the "small government" conservatives are lobbying to get government out of straight marriage as well. Until then, it's a bunch of bigots who are too timid to own up
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by st3v3r 10y ago
No, we can't.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Except once it's hooked up, it doesn't need to be hooked up again. And given that most providers will make you pay to run a line to your house, you don't exactly have a leg to stand on
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by st3v3r 10y ago
How does this rule, or any other NN provision prevent them from doing that? The answer is that it doesn't.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
I fail to see how that's a problem.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
I don't buy that argument for a second. Especially with this rule. Why should who I choose to do business with effect my rights?
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by st3v3r 10y ago
No, you absolutely can not.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
You probably think you're being clever by coming up with all of these "But... but what if!" scenarios, but you're not. You're just looking like you're trying to excuse their behavior.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
No. Neither of those is acceptable, either. Do those who got a large or XL or XXL jacket have to pay the difference between that and a small?
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by st3v3r 10y ago
No. You can try to rationalize it all you want, but at the end of the day, as you said, they prioritized managing performance over dealing with harassment and sexism. And that is NOT what good hearted people do. EVERY manager over at Uber h
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by st3v3r 10y ago
I'm going to guess that the board and investors know more than we do, and that they know what such an investigation would bring.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
This has been addressed in just about every discussion of her article.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
And I don't. I believe that investors who would be quiet in this situation have shown that they have absolutely no scruples or morals.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
I have absolutely no empathy for the management team at Uber. They are the ones that set their company up to be like this. They have known for a long, long time that their company culture was terrible. The only reason they're appearing
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Is he? Or did they get that valuation despite him?
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by st3v3r 10y ago
If they're there, why should they not work well, and why should I not use them? Using tools like that does not diminish your ability as a programmer, just like refusing to use tools like that does not somehow make your e-penis bigger.

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