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> All the toxic workplace stuff was just a narrative tool

That's a pretty bold claim. What of all the reports of a toxic workplace? I've heard first-hand accounts.

I think he was arguing that the execs at Uber didn't really care about the toxic workplace stuff until Uber's founder said he didn't want to IPO, then they used it as a way to kick him out.

So basically the workplace is toxic, but that's not the real reason why he was kicked out (according to the comment you were replying to).

He effort you have him ousted was led by Bill Gurley of Benchmark and several other VC investors in Uber. Essentially the board asked him to step down and he did.

If you look it up, there are plenty of articles of rumors saying that the VCs schemed to kick him out because they wanted to IPO and the founder didn't.

I mean if you expected a founder to be ousted partly because of not wanting to do an IPO, you'd expect the VCs to be the ones behind it no?

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