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Re: I am an Uber survivor

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Post by frgtpsswrdlame »

mjolk wrote: post #39

> I am afraid to make my name public. Let’s call me Amy. For reasons only the #ubervictims know, let’s refer to the villain of this story as Mike#2. My default is "show me the evidence", but I believe Susan Fowler's account because she put her reputation on the line and I was willing to trust that she left, opposed to got fired, due to non-performance reasons based on being able to somewhat approximate/confirm her te…

>If the culture at Uber was as rampantly ridiculous as described in this blogpost, men and women would be falling over themselves to tell their stories.

Is this post not proof of that? Especially so soon after Ms. Fowler's account. Perhaps the floodgates are now open.

Re: I am an Uber survivor

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Post by aylmao »

wyldfire wrote: post #8
ckdarby wrote: post #3

I don't believe HN should be front paging anonymous content without some proof of having worked at Uber.

The front pageness is a function of the credibility and interestingness of the articles posted. HN is not journalism, it's a water cooler. There's some rules for decorum but little to no editorial function.

> The front pageness is a function of the credibility and interestingness of the articles posted.

did you mean to say "is not"?

Re: I am an Uber survivor

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Post by the-dude »

primitivesuave wrote: post #34

It's unfortunate that the Silicon Valley work culture is being tarnished by companies like Uber. There are many companies that respect women and have HR departments that actually fulfill the purpose of being helpful Resources to Humans. I hope the anti-Uber sentiment grows so other companies can learn from this example. I'm glad the author is sharing her story.

You have got that backwards dude: the Resources are the Humans.

Re: I am an Uber survivor

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Post by lvh »

harryh wrote: post #31

Why would someone write an anonymous blog post but then declare that they are: 1) A woman in her late 20s 2) Who used to work at Uber in Engineering working on database and networking scalability 3) Went to a top private college 4) has a Masters in Information Systems 5) previous to Uber worked as a Data Analyst in a tech company in the Midwest and left when it was acquired by a Chinese firm 6) Is 5 foot 7 Caucasian…

Having some people know who you are is very different from having the Internet know who you are. Even if she got doxxed (let's hope shoe doesn't), it's unlikely the fallout would be similar.

Re: I am an Uber survivor

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Post by [deleted] »

harryh wrote: post #31

Why would someone write an anonymous blog post but then declare that they are: 1) A woman in her late 20s 2) Who used to work at Uber in Engineering working on database and networking scalability 3) Went to a top private college 4) has a Masters in Information Systems 5) previous to Uber worked as a Data Analyst in a tech company in the Midwest and left when it was acquired by a Chinese firm 6) Is 5 foot 7 Caucasian…

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Re: I am an Uber survivor

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Post by wavefunction »

joezydeco wrote: post #28

"In essence, the HR department blackmailed me that if I make noise, I’d be fired. I was distraught by the HR department’s response especially considering that most of the HR folks I dealt with were women." Say it over and over, say it loud, and say it to every single person entering the US workforce from day one: H/R ACTS AND WILL ALWAYS ACT IN THE COMPANY'S BEST INTERESTS. NOT YOURS. Amy's situation was grave, and k…

In response to your statement, I just have to say that Uber's HR _has not_ acted in the company's best interest and has actually worked in opposition to its best interest.

Through inaction and malpractice they have increased the legal liability Uber faces and encouraged irreparable reputational damage for Uber.

Re: I am an Uber survivor

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Post by woodruffw »

harryh wrote: post #31

Why would someone write an anonymous blog post but then declare that they are: 1) A woman in her late 20s 2) Who used to work at Uber in Engineering working on database and networking scalability 3) Went to a top private college 4) has a Masters in Information Systems 5) previous to Uber worked as a Data Analyst in a tech company in the Midwest and left when it was acquired by a Chinese firm 6) Is 5 foot 7 Caucasian…

There's anonymity in numbers. Even with Uber's relatively small female workforce, the high turnover rate and unspecified timeframe makes it likely that there are dozens of potential candidates. This sounds specific, but it's really just a lot of datapoints that already correlate heavily with the sample group (Engineering is large at Uber, elite private colleges are strongly represented at startups, average-heighted white women with dark hair are statistically average).

Furthermore, any of those descriptions could be fabricated to throw someone attempting to deanonymize her off.

Re: I am an Uber survivor

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Post by late2part »

Seems to me there are 4 issues here:

1. Racism.

Not okay. Fire him.

2. Sexist behavior

Not okay. Warn and then fire him.

3. Working people hard

That's okay. I was made to work hard. Long days no breaks hard deadlines. That's the world we live in.

4. How this affected her

I'm sorry she went through this and it's not okay. How she chooses to feel and deal with this are under her control. She shouldn't have perpetuated her pain by staying in the situation.

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