Former Uber Engineer Alleges Sexist Abuse In Workplace, Ceo Travis Kalanick Responds

Xeni Jardin, Boing Boing
Sun, 02/19/2017 - 5:39pm

Updated with response from Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, below. Susan Fowler Rigetti, a former engineer at Uber, describes in a blog post her experience in a workplace where sexual harassment takes place with impunity, and people who are abused at work are further abused by the organization for which they work.

Topics: uber ceo travis kalanick susan fowler rigetti uber uber engineer abuse workplace

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Former Uber Engineer Alleges Sexist Abuse In Workplace, Ceo Travis Kalanick Responds

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