[toast76]

No, it wasn't quick. It is way way too late. It shouldn't require someone to publicly shame them before taking action. Acting now, after what was known privately is now public, is a cynical effort to appease the masses whilst continuing to condone ongoing practices within their organisation.

The people involved should've been fired long ago, and for Kalanick to come out and say what happened is "against everything Uber stands for and believes in", thus suggesting he was unaware, only serves to reinforce his failure as leader. Blame ultimately lies with the CEO, no matter what.

Women shouldn't need to put their careers on the line to publicly shame a company before justice is seen.

(edit: apologies to the parent, was not pointing fingers at you...anger was misdirected)

[M_Grey]

You're right of course, but to be clear I only meant it was a short period of time from the story breaking, to a response. I'm not praising Uber, I'm not noting the intensity and rapidity of their, "Oh shit" reaction.

[rhizome]

It took him 10 minutes, if that, to text the person who's going to investigate so they heard it from him first, then a couple of tweets.

[x0x0]

Not to mention the (presumably) millions of dollars she was forced to walk away from.

I can't imagine that HR allowing repeated sexual harassment claims to go without any consequences, not to mention a manager feeling comfortable propositioning a direct report OVER WRITTEN CHAT, comes from anything but people certain the company allowed their actions.