7 years ago0127After multiple resignations and departures of Uber's top leaders, yet another high-ranking employee has left the embattled tech company.
AG Gangadhar, the head of engineering, is the latest to depart. According to Recode, Gangadhar was over the engineering department where former Uber employee Susan Fowler — whose viral blog post on...
7 years ago071A U.S. judge on Friday ruled that Alphabet Inc's self-driving car unit Waymo must disclose documents to attorneys representing Uber Technologies Inc about Waymo's partnership with Lyft Inc, saying the information could be important in Waymo's lawsuit accusing Uber of stealing some of its trade secrets.
Waymo claimed in a lawsuit...
7 years ago042Uber said on Thursday it would suspend its unlicensed service UberPOP in Finland until a law deregulating the taxi market comes into effect next year.
The U.S. ride-hailing company has come under fierce pressure from traditional taxi drivers and regulators across Europe who accuse it of unfair competition and skirting traditional...
7 years ago063Let's assume you've just been appointed as the new CEO of Uber.
You've got a full agenda to tackle immediately including hiring a slew of C-suite executives, satisfying the company's co-founder who is watching your every move from his chair on the board, and quieting the demands of thousands of drivers who want the co-founder to...
7 years ago091Uber Technologies said it never told a self-driving car executive to download files from his former employer, Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Waymo unit, according to a court filing in a contentious trade secret lawsuit.
Alphabet's Waymo claimed in a lawsuit earlier this year that Anthony Levandowski downloaded more than 14,000 confidential...
7 years ago070Uber’s brand has been “severely tarnished” by months of scandals and executive departures, Fortune Executive Editor Adam Lashinsky says — but things can get better.
On the latest episode of Recode Decode, Lashinsky spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book “Wild Ride: Inside Uber’s Quest for World...
7 years ago082Travis Kalanick, CEO of Uber, is stepping aside indefinitely from the company he cofounded. He cited the death of his mother, who died in a boating accident in May, as the reason he was taking time off.
In a company-wide memo to staff, Kalanick wrote, "It's hard to put a timeline on this - it may be shorter or longer than we might...
7 years ago068Amid ongoing internal crises and changes by the company board, Uber has experienced the departure of one of its most prominent senior executives.
The departure of Emil Michael, Uber's SVP of business and a right-hand man to CEO Travis Kalanick, was confirmed by a company spokesperson to CNN Tech. With his departure, Uber is now...
7 years ago095Uber and Deliveroo make constant headlines for their HR and employee rights failings.
Just last month, both firms, along with Amazon, were slammed by Frank Field MP Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, for their “egregious” worker contracts.
Separately, Uber came under fire after a blogpost, from ex-employee, Susan Fowler,...