zoomzippity

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by zoomzippity 9y ago
After five months of examining the company's culture, Uber's new human resources officer, Liane Hornsey concluded that the firm's treatment of women was no worse than what occurs at other companies.
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by zoomzippity 9y ago
Buried at the very very bottom of the article as a footnote. Glossing over the tragedy of unexpectedly losing one's mother and almost losing One's father. The media reporting on Uber absolutely disgusts me and demonstrates a cultu
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by zoomzippity 9y ago
Prices likely won't go up when taxis are gone. Uber doesn't consider taxis to be a competitor. Uber is trying to compete with car ownership. Liquidity begets liquidity. This is why marketplaces like stock exchanges and Amazon are
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by zoomzippity 9y ago
Demand would drop if they charged more. This would have the following potential results: - all driver earn more per trip, but may not make more per hour since there would be fewer trips to accept - drivers who see a drop in the number of tr
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by zoomzippity 9y ago
It's kind of ironic that that article uses Elon Musk as his example, especially in light of this first hand account of an accomplish rocket scientist explaining how impressed he was with Elon Musk learning rocket science by himself. h
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by zoomzippity 9y ago
> rely exclusively on white bros in their 30s with identical experiences. According to Uber's diversity report, the racial composition of its workforce approximately matches the racial composition of San Francisco, Santa Clara and A
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by zoomzippity 9y ago
I don't see any reason why Charlotte Willner's account of what happened at Facebook couldn't apply just as easily to Uber. What makes you say that things are not in the same league? Katherine Losses' allegations are as s
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by zoomzippity 9y ago
> There just aren't that many barriers to entry in this space after Uber does all the hard work of dismantling those barriers. FTFY.
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by zoomzippity 9y ago
anti-Uber for this reason is just a specific case of Luddism. Just replace "Uber" in "anti-Uber" with whatever company would have instead driven down salaries in this industry and eventually put drivers out of work. htt
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by zoomzippity 9y ago
Even if they are breaking corrupt laws passed by the lobbyists working for the incumbents? Regulatory capture is a thing that harms society and Uber has done more to undo that harm than in this industry than anyone else.
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by zoomzippity 9y ago
Zuckerberg didn't need a break and Facebook turned out fine. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2165566/Mark-Zuckerb... All the company needs is some pressure to shore up some long overdue culture debt.