+Uber +"Susan Fowler" https://news.mindynode.com/44/events/rss No doubt when Mr. Kalanick met the wide-eyed Ms. Fowler at the office Christmas party soon after she started, it never entered his head that she would become the disciplinarian who effectively confiscated his car keys for reckless driving with one blog post Tue, 24 Oct 2017 07:18:20 +0000 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/540 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/540 Hello Spicy Compatriots,I know this is not typical on a business blog, but I want to share what happened to potentially help someone in a similar situation.If you have followed my twitter account since December, you might know that I was robbed by my Uber driver. He intentionally drove off with my backpack containing my brand new $2,000 laptop, a bunch of marketing stuff, my medicine, second cell phone, some clothes, and pretty much everything important I owned Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:34:05 +0000 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/71 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/71 Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:35:38 +0000 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/72 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/72 Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:36:08 +0000 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/73 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/73 Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:37:08 +0000 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/75 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/75 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into Uber Technologies Inc’s use of a software tool that helped its drivers evade local transportation regulators, two sources familiar with the situation said Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:28:11 +0000 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/333 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/333 Between 2014 and 2016, the ride-hailing company Uber reportedly had a program called "Hell" to track drivers from its biggest competitor, Lyft.According to a new report from The Information, Uber could track how many Lyft drivers were available to pick up passengers, and where they were— allowing Uber keeps tabs on Lyft so the company could maintain an edge over its rival. What's more, according to the report, the program also showed Uber employees which drivers worked for both Uber and Lyft — information that it could then use to entice drivers away from Lyft Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:26:50 +0000 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/332 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/332 Susan Fowler, a former Uber engineer, wrote a blog post last week detailing the sexist treatment she endured during her year at the company. Among other things, she said that she was sexually harassed by her boss over company chat and that her complaints to HR were dutifully dismissed.“When I reported the situation,” Fowler writes, “I was told by both HR and upper management that even though this was clearly sexual harassment and he was propositioning me, it was this man's first offense, and that they wouldn't feel comfortable giving him anything other than a warning and a stern talking-to Tue, 24 Oct 2017 07:15:53 +0000 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/539 https://news.mindynode.com/en/links/539