Uber dismissed dozens of employees after an investigation of harassment

07 June 2017, 12:28 | Economy 
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In recent months, the company has suffered from a series of scandals. Uber's taxi order service fired more than 20 people after an investigation into harassment, US media reported. The company was fiercely criticized because of the attitude towards women at work. Earlier this year, former employee Susan Fowler published in her blog a story about sexual harassment and sexism in the company. In particular, she accused the leadership of ignoring the complaints of women for harassment. After the scandalous publication in the company were launched two investigations. Uber has not yet commented on the information on the layoffs. According to Bloomberg, during the investigation, Perber Coie, a Uber-based law firm, examined 215 complaints, including allegations of harassment and discrimination, and did not take any action on 100 of them. At the same time, according to the agency, some employees of Uber as a result of the investigation were fired, including several executives. In recent months, the company has suffered from a series of scandals, including allegations of a harsh corporate culture and a lawsuit from Google-owned company Alphabet, accusing Uber of stealing technology for autonomous vehicles. During this time, several top managers left the company. Let's note, in Uber all over the world work more than 12 thousand people. About 36% of employees are women, according to company's own data. Recently, Uber Technologies Inc announced a loss in the first quarter of 2017, despite the growth in revenue.

Original article: Uber dismissed dozens of employees after investigation of harassment.

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