function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); Uber probably wishes it could just be done with #DeleteUber already ' but the ride-hailing company cant seem to put the protest in the rearview mirror.The movement is seeing a revival thanks to a blog published by former Uber engineer Susan FowlerSunday, in which she recalls her decision to leave the startup due to what she says was a nightmarish, sexist work environment.Among other things, Fowler says that her manager sent her inappropriate sexual messages ' and that the institutional response was wildly disappointing.When I reported the situation, she writes, I was told by both HR and upper management that even though this was clearly sexual harassment and he was propositioning me, it was this mans first offense, and that they wouldnt feel comfortable giving him anything other than a warning and a stern talking-to.In response to what Fowler calls her strange, fascinating, and slightly horrifying story, people on Twitter dusted off the hashtag and once again called for users to delete Uber in protest:I should have done this a while back but it's definitely well past time to #deleteuber https://t.co/lZavepr6AX pic.twitter.com/hh4fzfHjlE Leigh Honeywell (@hypatiadotca) February 19, 2017 Goodbye forever @Uber. It's not me, it's you and your maligned moral judgment. #deleteuber Brian Lin (@brianisme) February 19, 2017 Mindblowingly inappropriate and unacceptable practices @Uber. Don't think I've ever deleted an app so quickly. #deleteuber https://t.co/fxX7cLAVZ2 Claire McCrea (@erclairebaer) February 19, 2017 The hashtag had originally spread in response to anill-timed Uber promotion at JFK International Airportlate last month, one seemingly intended to break a taxi strike in support of protesters gathered to decry President Donald Trumps sweeping travel ban.After more than 200,000 users deleted the app,Uber CEO Travis Kalanick decided to resign from Trumps economic advisory council.Shortly after Fowler published her blog post this week, Kalanick called for an internal investigation, writing:I have just read Susan Fowlers blog. What she describes is abhorrent and against everything Uber stands for and believes in. Its the first time this has come to my attention so I have instructed Liane Hornsey our new Chief Human Resources Officer to conduct an urgent investigation into these allegations. We seek to make Uber a just workplace FOR EVERYONE and there can be absolutely no place for this kind of behavior at Uber ' and anyone who behaves this way or thinks this is OK will be fired.Uber board member Arianna Huffington, the former editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, also offered to lead an independent investigation:Just talked w/ Travis & as a representative of Uber's Board I will work w/Liane to conduct a full independent investigation starting now 1/2 Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) February 20, 2017 An Uber spokesman declined to elaborate further to HuffPost, saying that Kalanicks statement reflects the companys sentiments. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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