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I have independently verified Susan Fowler's claim that her management chain didn't treat her case seriously. And by that I mean with a member of her management chain.

If an entire chain of management and HR don't treat a claim like that seriously (no one has disputed the claim), there is absolutely a cultural problem.

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> I have independently verified Susan Fowler's claim that her management chain didn't treat her case seriously. And by that I mean with a member of her management chain.

Just to verify: are you an Uber employee, then?

Nope. I don't need to be to have a conversation. Of course, you could argue the person I was speaking with shouldn't have shared the information with me, but that's their concern.

We have no way of independently verifying your claim.

Welcome to the internet. You won't like it.

I wish there was some kind of 'best of HN' where this comment could live on forever.

> I have independently verified > Nope. I don't need to be to have a conversation

You can't publicly claim that you independently verified something and provide absolutely no information on that verification. You are not a Pope.

You started the conversation and chose to share that piece information.

He is free to share it, and you are free to disbelieve it, this isn't a court of law.

The thread seems to be dismissing it as it is an unsubstantiated claim.

>I have independently verified Susan Fowler's claim that her management chain didn't treat her case seriously. And by that I mean with a member of her management chain.

I never doubted her account. But it is anecdotal, and you can't extrapolate her singular experience to the entire company.

Many other women have come forward, including those IN Uber HR.

How many have to before it isn't a "singular experience"?

It is categorically NOT anecdotal. The proper word is "testimonial". You cannot simultaneously "never doubt her account" and label it "anecdotal", look it up in the dictionary.

Ok. Maybe I used the wrong word.

I have independently verified that Elvis is living on an island in the south Pacific with tupac and biggie.

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