Female employees tell Uber CEO the company has systemic problem with s*xism

Days after Uber CEO Travis Kalanick ordered an inquest into claims by a female ex-employee who accused the company of rampant s*xual harassment and human resources negligence via a post on her blog, the boss of the ride-hailing company has been told the company has a systemic problem with s*xism.

That much information was revealed when Kalanick held a meeting yesterday with a group of 100+ Uber female engineers to listen to their concerns but was told in clear terms that the company encouraged s*xual harassment.

In an audio recording of the meeting, obtained by BuzzFeed, a clearly exasperated female engineer can be heard telling Kalanick there is a “systemic problem” with s*xism in the company which Uber needs to address head-on.

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“Can we stop saying if there’s a systemic problem here. I think it’s really important that we get there. I think for years in tech we’ve been saying if there’s a systemic problem there. And saying where’s the data to suggest that there’s a systemic problem,” she can be heard telling Kalanick.

“We have the data, we have the anecdotes, we have it happening in our own backyard. When are we going to get together and say that there is a systemic problem here — and stop using hypotheticals.”

Uber has hired former Attorney General Eric Holder and Tammy Albarran, both partners at the law firm Covington & Burlington, to conduct a review of sexual harassment claims at the ride-hailing service made by a former employee and engineer, Susan Fowler.

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