Uber’s Leather Boys

"Uber, like many top Silicon Valley firms, attempts to hire only the smartest and most productive people. Getting a management job at one of these companies is tougher than getting into Harvard. So it is not a stupid person answering Fowler’s email"

Oh how I wish this were true.

I love the example they present in the article. This is indeed textbook discrimination.

I'm just appalled by Uber's decision to use Eric Holder's handling of the investigation for them as a positive. Holder though is said to be separate from Uber had been doing work for them prior to this investigation.

"He also worked on Uber’s behalf last year in an effort to defeat fingerprint background check legislation."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-24/uber-inve...

So a lobbyist for Uber is being paid by Uber to investigate wrongdoings by Uber.

I love how that article points out how an environment gets to that point of sexism (or any other form of discrimination). A misunderstanding of what meritocracy is and should be allows people to get away with very harmful behavior.