Uber under fire over claims of rampant sexism

Feb20

by Sindy Cator on February 20, 2017 at 3:54 am

Former Uber engineer Susan Fowler has landed the company in hot water after she published a scatching blog post alleging numerous displays of blatant sexism within the organization. Fowler, who joined the ridesharing firm in November 2015 as a site reliability engineer (SRE), said that she encountered sexist behavior from day one: On my first official day rotating on the team, my new manager sent me a string of messages over company chat. He was in an open relationship, he said, and his girlfriend was having an easy time finding new partners but he wasn’t. He was trying to stay…