David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board
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David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board
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Re: David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board
#2The right thing to do.
He needs to be replaced by a woman, and to Ariana's point they need several on the board. Plenty of work required to change the toxic culture at Uber.
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#3I'm not sure I fully understand the point he was trying to make? Was it a dig at Huffington not adding value?
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#4All thanks to the leaked audio from the meeting (6:40): https://finance.yahoo.com/news/inside-ubers-hands-meeting-tr...
Re: David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board
#5I'm not sure I fully understand the point he was trying to make? Was it a dig at Huffington not adding value?
it would _seem_ that his attempted defense is that he claims he was trying to say "having more women on the board would lead to more discussion" -- but that appears to be his defense, it is unknown if that defense would actually be true at all...
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#6Preparing to be bombarded with downvotes for this, but resigning over such a remark seems like an overreaction. His apology seems sincere, that should be enough.
On the scale of things said about women by men in power this is about a 2/10, there's many much more egregious examples of sexism out there for people to be upset about.
Re: David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board
#7The right thing to do. He needs to be replaced by a woman, and to Ariana's point they need several on the board. Plenty of work required to change the toxic culture at Uber.
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Re: David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board
#8Preparing to be bombarded with downvotes for this, but resigning over such a remark seems like an overreaction. His apology seems sincere, that should be enough. On the scale of things said about women by men in power this is about a 2/10, there's many much more egregious examples of sexism out there for people to be upset about.
I think that's generally true about the remark in a generic setting. That he blurted it in that time and place, though...that's the catch.
Re: David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board
#9I wonder if Uber's investors have an unusual perspective on women's issues:
https://www.crunchbase.com/funding-round/3561e0558d4fa07f0dc...
Re: David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board
#10Preparing to be bombarded with downvotes for this, but resigning over such a remark seems like an overreaction. His apology seems sincere, that should be enough. On the scale of things said about women by men in power this is about a 2/10, there's many much more egregious examples of sexism out there for people to be upset about.
You have to look at the remark in the context it was made. They were having a meeting where they presumably tried hard to make the point that they're very serious about fixing their culture. This is the only way to _maybe_ keep this believable, even if you feel that "everyday sexism" should be considered harmless.