Uber Investigating Sexual Harassment Claims by Ex-Employee -
The chief executive of Uber on Sunday opened an internal investigation into claims of sexual harassment made by a former engineer at the company.
The engineer, Susan Fowler, said that she was sexually harassed by her direct supervisor during her time at Uber and
that after she reported those claims to the human resources department, they were ignored.
In 2015, the venture capital world was put under the microscope when Ellen Pao, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, claimed in a lawsuit
that she was discriminated against at the blue-chip venture firm because of her gender — a case she lost.
had stellar performance reviews from his superiors)
and they wouldn’t feel comfortable punishing him for what was probably just an innocent mistake on his part.”
Ms. Fowler left Uber in December and this year joined Stripe, a payments processing start-up.
Hours after Ms. Fowler’s post, Travis Kalanick, Uber’s chief executive, said it was the first time the issue had come to his attention.