<story><title>Uber&apos;s head of communications is leaving the company</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/11/uber-head-of-comms-rachel-whetstone-is-leaving-the-company/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>yummyfajitas</author><text>No, they didn&amp;#x27;t play us. They did exactly what they promised. Thanks to Uber, &lt;i&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t get racially discriminated against on a daily basis.&lt;/i&gt; Before Uber I did.&lt;p&gt;Some folks may hate them because of Susan Fowler, but that doesn&amp;#x27;t change the fact that they&amp;#x27;ve drastically improved the world for consumers.</text></item><item><author>paulcole</author><text>&amp;gt;Uber was an asshole, but they were OUR asshole.&lt;p&gt;In other words, they played us like fiddles.</text></item><item><author>stale2002</author><text>I think the big change happened now is because for years Uber has been doing legally dubious things, that were morally defensible from certain perspectives.&lt;p&gt;IE, They mostly screwed over corrupt taxi monopolies.&lt;p&gt;Similar to a sort of Tony Stark character, Uber was an asshole, but they were OUR asshole.  Fighting for insanely low customer prices and fighting against a bigger enemy, which is the terrible existing taxi industry.&lt;p&gt;The stuff that has happened recently is about having an awful company&amp;#x2F;engineering culture, and isn&amp;#x27;t in any way morally defensible.</text></item><item><author>ejlangev</author><text>People definitely want to watch Uber burn as some have forever, but something seems to have shifted.  I&amp;#x27;ve been seeing facebook ads for Uber engineering for the last 1-2 years but recently looking at the comments on them they&amp;#x27;re 100% negative.  A sampling:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;This is one of those times when steering into the skid might have been the wrong move.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I think Uber needs to post an ad for a new President more than a Senior Software Engineer...&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;How about UberEatsDicks? Can we work on that product together? It sounds pretty good for you guys. Right up your alley.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Facebook must hate me to suggest this post. LOL&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Haha, no thanks. &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theverge.com&amp;#x2F;...&amp;#x2F;14664474&amp;#x2F;uber-sexism-allegations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theverge.com&amp;#x2F;...&amp;#x2F;14664474&amp;#x2F;uber-sexism-allegations&lt;/a&gt; .&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>TeMPOraL</author><text>They&amp;#x27;re still giving us exactly what they promised - promised not by just words, but actions.&lt;p&gt;Initially, Uber set itself out as the hero of the day, riding on a shining horse to fight the Evil Taxi Mafia. Anyone who looked closely at how they did that could easily predict that what they want to become is the new, but worse, Taxi Mafia. They&amp;#x27;ve been assholes almost from the start, they continue to be assholes now. That so many people only got angry after &lt;i&gt;sexism accusations&lt;/i&gt;, of all the things, only makes me sad about the state of humanity.</text></comment>
<story><title>Uber&apos;s head of communications is leaving the company</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/11/uber-head-of-comms-rachel-whetstone-is-leaving-the-company/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>yummyfajitas</author><text>No, they didn&amp;#x27;t play us. They did exactly what they promised. Thanks to Uber, &lt;i&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t get racially discriminated against on a daily basis.&lt;/i&gt; Before Uber I did.&lt;p&gt;Some folks may hate them because of Susan Fowler, but that doesn&amp;#x27;t change the fact that they&amp;#x27;ve drastically improved the world for consumers.</text></item><item><author>paulcole</author><text>&amp;gt;Uber was an asshole, but they were OUR asshole.&lt;p&gt;In other words, they played us like fiddles.</text></item><item><author>stale2002</author><text>I think the big change happened now is because for years Uber has been doing legally dubious things, that were morally defensible from certain perspectives.&lt;p&gt;IE, They mostly screwed over corrupt taxi monopolies.&lt;p&gt;Similar to a sort of Tony Stark character, Uber was an asshole, but they were OUR asshole.  Fighting for insanely low customer prices and fighting against a bigger enemy, which is the terrible existing taxi industry.&lt;p&gt;The stuff that has happened recently is about having an awful company&amp;#x2F;engineering culture, and isn&amp;#x27;t in any way morally defensible.</text></item><item><author>ejlangev</author><text>People definitely want to watch Uber burn as some have forever, but something seems to have shifted.  I&amp;#x27;ve been seeing facebook ads for Uber engineering for the last 1-2 years but recently looking at the comments on them they&amp;#x27;re 100% negative.  A sampling:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;This is one of those times when steering into the skid might have been the wrong move.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I think Uber needs to post an ad for a new President more than a Senior Software Engineer...&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;How about UberEatsDicks? Can we work on that product together? It sounds pretty good for you guys. Right up your alley.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Facebook must hate me to suggest this post. LOL&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Haha, no thanks. &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theverge.com&amp;#x2F;...&amp;#x2F;14664474&amp;#x2F;uber-sexism-allegations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theverge.com&amp;#x2F;...&amp;#x2F;14664474&amp;#x2F;uber-sexism-allegations&lt;/a&gt; .&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gotothedoctor</author><text>I found that to be true at the beginning. But now, Uber drivers are Lyft drivers are taxi drivers. They all use apps now. And evidence suggests drivers adapted and found new ways to discriminate.  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;archive&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;uber-lyft-and-the-false-promise-of-fair-rides&amp;#x2F;506000&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;archive&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;uber-ly...&lt;/a&gt; The only difference now is who is taking how much out of the driver&amp;#x27;s paycheck--and whether or not that company is paying taxes or just extracting wealth from any given city.</text></comment>