Réputé pour être en avance socialement ( sic ), le haut lieu des nouvelles technologies aux Etats-Unis n’est pas épargné par le #sexisme. Dernier exemple en date : la démission cette semaine de l’un de ses #gourous qui remplissent des salles entières lors de conférences, des prescripteurs dont la parole et la vision du futur font office de référence.
▻http://www.rfi.fr/technologies/20171025-sexisme-harcelement-sexuel-silicon-valley-robert-scoble-uber
Interviews with more than 30 current and former #Uber employees, as well as reviews of internal emails, chat logs and tape-recorded meetings, paint a picture of an often unrestrained workplace culture. Among the most egregious accusations from employees, who either witnessed or were subject to incidents and who asked to remain anonymous because of confidentiality agreements and fear of retaliation: One Uber manager groped female co-workers’ breasts at a company retreat in Las Vegas. A director shouted a homophobic slur at a subordinate during a heated confrontation in a meeting. Another manager threatened to beat an underperforming employee’s head in with a baseball bat.
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/technology/uber-workplace-culture.html
▻https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber