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p.s. I've had one opportunity in the past that I declined due to lower pay package. Current one seems good, but I'm not going forward.
#nouber
Reader beware.
"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…
> H/R ACTS AND WILL ALWAYS ACT IN THE COMPANY'S BEST INTERESTS. NOT YOURS. You're right, and here's the thing. It seems both women who've come forward would have open-and-shut cases against Uber for multi-millions in damages. It's surprising to me that neither have pursued Uber in this regard. Similarly, it's surprising to me that Uber HR hasn't done the mental calculus to figure out that these women have a solid cas…
Reasons to pursue sexual harassment litigation:
* You may make some money.
Reasons to not pursue sexual harassment litigation:
* You will have to devote an enormous amount of money, time, energy, health, and your emotional well-being.
* Your lawyers will take half the settlement, either in up front fees, or as a portion of the bounty.
* You will get to share, and then be brutally cross-examined about all the worst bullshit you had to endure in a courtroom.
* With so much money on the line, you will trigger a smear campaign against you, whose impact will persist long after the trial concludes.
* You want to program, instead of dealing with legal bullshit.
* You just want this nightmare to be over, instead of it being brought up over, and over again.
* You don't want to have your name permanently associated with "Sues your employers for millions of dollars". Good luck getting a job after that.
* If for whatever reason you lose, you will get to enjoy all the damage to your reputation, all the trauma and indignities that you had to re-live, the black mark on your employment record (Who would hire a liar who sues her employers?), and you'll probably be counter-sued by Uber. I hope you're independently wealthy.
It's easy to suggest the nuclear option when you have no skin in the game.
Yep, sounds like a bad place to work.
Just a reminder that you can change jobs after 6 months in the valley, there is really no need to put up with that or wait for evil managers to make the place hell.
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…
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…
> 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. Can you understand how hard it is for someone to leave a job after a short amount of time, knowing that every future employer will see that on your resumé?
This is one of the most heavily flagged submissions I've seen in a while - hit #2 with 70 points, and now is at #6 with 174 points in 40 min, while the new #2 is 124 points in 2 hours.
Time for this Travis dude to resign, right?
Yet again the nerds have become the bullies.
This is one of the most heavily flagged submissions I've seen in a while - hit #2 with 70 points, and now is at #6 with 174 points in 40 min, while the new #2 is 124 points in 2 hours.