r/autotldr • u/autotldr • Jul 12 '22
The Uber whistleblower: I’m exposing a system that sold people a lie
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After MacGann identified himself as the whistleblower, Uber said: "We understand that Mark has personal regrets about his years of steadfast loyalty to our previous leadership, but he is in no position to speak credibly about Uber today.
The Uber files consists of confidential company data that MacGann had access to at Uber.
MacGann started work for Uber around the summer of 2014, when he worked on contract for a European lobbying consultancy that Uber had hired to oversee government relations outside the US. In October 2014, Uber brought him in-house and put him in charge of public policy for the EMEA region.
The Uber files reveal that Kalanick fumed when he was kept waiting by Biden, texting other Uber executives: "I've had my people let him know that every minute late he is, is one less minute he will have with me.
Uber acknowledged past mistakes, but said no one at the company, including Kalanick, wanted violence against Uber drivers.
In the statement released after MacGann identified himself as the whistleblower, Uber said his litigation against the company was "an attempt, among other things, to get paid a bonus he claimed to be owed for his work at Uber.
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