'No more brilliant jerks' – Arianna Huffington ushers in the new Uber
by Amanda Holpuch in New York from Technology | The Guardian on (#2XVTN)
While Huffington doesn't want to be Uber's next CEO, she's been putting in the hard yards trying to turn the company's tarnished reputation around
The next Uber CEO will be charged with sweeping up multitudes of corporate sins. In their in-tray will be a daunting array of problems and issues to resolve in the wake of Travis Kalanick's high-profile departure last month.
These include rehabilitating the company internally and externally as it recovers from scandals including the sexual harassment investigation that saw more than 20 people fired in June; video of Kalanick berating an Uber driver; and the company's recent admission it had underpaid drivers in New York City by millions of dollars.
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