"Good luck!" In April, The New York Times reported that the company uses psychological tricks on its employees to keep them on the road and generate more money for the company.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick may have been forced to resign the top spot at the company, but don't count him out just yet.
In a statement, Kalanick said his resignation would help Uber go back to building "rather than be distracted with another fight". The COO role is one of many executive positions that remain unfilled, leaving questions about who will run Uber in Kalanick's absence.
A statement from Uber added: "Travis has always put Uber first".
While Uber has been embroiled in controversy over the last eight years - the company has been taken to task time and again for its treatment of drivers and its battles with rivals and regulators. Uber's freewheeling frat-house culture, inspired by Kalanick, is said to have led to multiple charges of sexual harassment and discrimination, as well as questionable business practices that have challenged law enforcement officials and business partners.
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Last week's announcement that Kalanick would be taking an indefinite leave was accompanied by a company promise to unanimously adopt a series of 47 recommendations submitted by Tammy Albarrán and Eric Holder, a former USA attorney general, on behalf of worldwide law firm Covington & Burling LLP. "Uber wants to court investors, employees, drivers, and riders", said Bryant Walker Smith, professor at the University of SC and one of the leading experts on the legal aspects of self-driving cars.
To that end, the company has been looking for a chief operating officer who would have been a second set of brains for the rookie boss. Eric Alexander, the former head of Uber's Asia-Pacific venture, was reportedly fired earlier this month after allegedly obtaining the medical records of a woman who claimed to be raped by an Uber driver in 2014, according to The Guardian. Mr. Kalanick, 40, consulted with at least one Uber board member, and after long discussions with some of the investors, he agreed to step down.
Along with the company's multiple workplace scandals, Kalanick himself had become a lightning rod for criticism. He will remain on the board.
According to multiple reports, Travis Kalanick, the embattled CEO of the ride-hailing behemoth Uber, has officially stepped down.
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