Travis Kalanick Uber’s founder and CEO taking leave from the San Francisco-based ride-hail giant. He said he is taking leave to process his mother’s death who was killed in a boating accident. But somehow, this decision is also related to the mismanagement and toxic culture of the company.
In his e-mail to the company, he wrote, “During this interim period, the leadership team, my directs, will be running the company. I will be available as needed for the most strategic decisions, but I will be empowering them to be bold and decisive in order to move the company forward swiftly. It’s hard to put a timeline on this – it may be shorter or longer than we might expect.”
To handle the responsibilities of Kalanick, a firm was hired by Uber on Sunday. This will be lead by Eric Holder (former attorney general). The team will handle how to reform or manage the workplace culture of the company in the absence of Kalanick and how to separate his duties among the senior management team of Uber.
Kalanick said, “it is hard to put a timeline in my absence. But, I’ll be available for major decisions of the company.” The attorney office of San Francisco subpoenaed Lyft and Uber for their traffic rate. Also, the Municipal Transportation Agency of San Francisco has filed more than 20 legal missives with the Public Utilities of California to compel regulations of ride-hails.
Whereas, on the departure of Kalanick from the company, Former Mayor Willie Brown said, “I don’t think it will help San Francisco. I just assume they’ve got a better shot with him there than without him.”
John Cote, the City Attorney’s Office spokesperson said, “Uber’s track record of thumbing its nose at the law is well documented. Still, we hope the shakeup at the top of Uber leads to an actual change in corporate culture and a willingness to follow the law. It’s beyond time for them to start being responsible corporate citizens.”
Notable, Uber is organized by a state entity known as CPUC. San Franciso is still investigating whether Uber or Lyft are public nuisances or not.
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