At least one Uber board member didn’t seem to get the memo about sex discrimination and the changes Uber is trying to make from within. In an audio taping of..<\/b>
\nAt least one Uber board member didn\u2019 t seem to get the memo about sex discrimination and the changes Uber is trying to make from within. In an audio taping of the company all-hands meeting today about sex discrimination, board member David Bonderman said adding more women to the board meant more talking. Yes, he really said that!
Board member Arianna Huffington can be heard at 6: 40 on an audio recording of the meeting recovered by Yahoo Finance discussing the bonus of adding a woman to the board.
Huffington: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of data that shows when there\u2019s one woman on the board, it\u2019s much more likely that there will be a second woman on the board.\u201d
Bonderman: \u201cActually, what it shows is that it\u2019s much more likely to be more talking.\u201d
Huffington then coddles this grown man who seems to have learned nothing from a cascade of recent events that have tarnished Uber\u2019s reputation, saying, \u201cOh come on, don\u2019 t worry David. David will have a lot of talking to do.\u201d
David should not be talking. At all.
Bonderman has allegedly issued a statement of apology to Uber employees. According to New York Times reporter Mike Isaac, the statement, forwarded by HR head Liane Hornsey reads, \u201cI want to apologize to my fellow board member for a disrespectful comment that was directed at her during today\u2019s discussion. It was inappropriate. I also want to apologize to all Uber employees who were offended by the remark. I deeply regret it.\u201d
Huffington also addressed CEO Travis Kalanick\u2019s absence, telling employees he would be taking some time off due to the \u201cconfluence of recent events, the death of his mother, whom he buried on Friday, and all that the company has been going through in the last few months.\u201d
Uber\u2019s board agreed on Sunday to adopt all 10 recommendations given by law firm Covington & Burling LLP \u2014 including a diminished role for Kalanick and improved HR practices \u2014 after an internal investigation into the companies toxic culture led to at least 20 employees and several top executives being dismissed from the company .
Uber, which is now supposedly implementing all of the recommendations approved by the board and handed to the company today, clearly has a long way to go before everyone gets it.<\/p>\n

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