(Original headline: Collision course: Uber's terrible 2017)

Netease Technology News December 30, according to "The Guardian" reported that this year, Uber can be described as negative news: internal exposure to sexual harassment and gender discrimination, founders and major shareholders into a fight, was accused of stealing Waymo no one Driving automotive technology, concealing large-scale data breaches more than a year ago ... In the New York Times annual inventory, the company also entered the 2017 worst technology company list.

Uber has been driving at a fast pace. In its journey from San Francisco’s black car service to a global taxi service giant with an estimated value of approximately US$70 billion, the startup’s seemingly unfettered leadership at the helm of traffic rules CEO Travis Kalanick. .

However, scandals, negligence, and criminal investigations that have surfaced over the past year show that Uber's helm is clearly not the same as that of Dominic Toretto, the actor of The Fast and the Furious. The coach is more like a toddler playing Mario Kart.

Let's review Uber's ups and downs in 2017.

January 19, 2017

Uber was accused of misleading them on the income of the driver and eventually paid a $20 million settlement related federal investigation.

January 28, 2017



"Peak time pricing was closed at JFK." - Uber New York City account @Uber_NYC triggered #DeleteUber campaign Tweet

While U.S. taxi drivers stopped working to protest U.S. President Trump’s travel ban, Uber’s decision to stop peak pricing caused a massive #DeleteUber (remove Uber) campaign because it was thought to counteract driver protests. The impact, while taking the opportunity to promote their own applications. . It was alleged that the company lost hundreds of thousands of users for this campaign.

February 2, 2017

Forced by pressure from the #DeleteUber campaign, Uber's founder and then CEO, Travis Kalanick, withdrew from Trump's economic advisory board.

February 19, 2017

"Everything moves quickly" - one of Uber's core corporate values

Uber's former engineer Susan Fowler published a blog post that disclosed widespread sexual harassment and gender discrimination within the company. The blog post caused an uproar, and news media published articles describing Uber's "toxic" work environment. Uber subsequently investigated its corporate culture.

February 23, 2017

"Theft of this technology is equivalent to stealing a secret recipe from a beverage company." - Waymo

Uber was sued by Waymo, part of Google’s driverless car division, and accused of stealing Waymo’s driverless car technology. The case poses a threat to Uber’s future.

February 27, 2017

Amit Singhal, Uber’s top engineering executive, resigned because he did not report a sexual harassment complaint during his tenure.

March 1, 2017

"Some people don't want to be responsible for their own affairs." - Travis Kalanick

Kalanike scolded Uber driver in the car was photographed. The executive then publicly apologized and announced plans to seek "leadership assistance."

March 3, 2017

According to the “New York Times” report, Uber has a secret tool called Greyball, which is designed to circumvent regulatory agencies in cities where Uber is illegally operating.

March 19, 2017

"I can't go on." - Uber President Jeff Jones

Uber President Jeff Jones announced his departure from the company only six months after the company was hired, saying that the company's values ​​are not in line with its own.

March 24, 2017

The Information Technology website reported that according to a female manager of Uber, in 2014, the company organized a trip to KTV in Seoul, South Korea. The people who participated in this trip at the time included Karanike and other executives. .

March 28, 2017

“We recognize that companies are relatively less diversified.” —Uber

Uber released its first diversification report, exposing the work environment in which the majority of male employees are white males.

March 30, 2017

According to the “New York Times” report, Anthony Levandowski, a Uber executive accused of stealing trade secrets from Waymo, used his Fifth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution to avoid self-incrimination.

April 12, 2017

Rachel Whetstone, Uber's public policy and public relations chief, resigned.

April 13, 2017

The Information stated that Uber secretly monitored Lyft, his rival in the taxi service market, through a secret project called “Hell”.

April 24, 2017

"I heard that you have been violating some of our rules." - Apple CEO Tim Cook

The "New York Times" reported that Uber violated Apple's privacy policy in its iOS application, prompting Tim Cook to personally rebuke Kalanick.

May 4, 2017

The U.S. Department of Justice initiated a criminal investigation against Uber's Greyball software, which evades and defrauds regulatory authorities.

May 12, 2017

A federal judge in charge of hearing Waymo and Uber’s case recommended that federal prosecutors initiate criminal investigations on Uber’s alleged theft of trade secrets.

May 23, 2017

"See you in court." - New York City Taxi Drivers Alliance

Uber admitted paying less for tens of millions of dollars for New York City taxi drivers.

May 27, 2017

Karannik’s mother was killed in a rowing accident.

May 30, 2017

Uber fired Anthony Lewandowski, an executive accused of stealing 14,000 confidential business documents from Waymo.

June 6, 2017

After completing investigations into sexual harassment and the company’s internal culture, Uber dismissed 20 employees.

June 7, 2017

Uber fired one of its executives, Eric Alexander, for media reports that he took the medical records of Indian passengers who had been raped by an Uber driver, allegedly in order to generate an account for her. doubt.

June 13, 2017

"If we say we are going to become Uber 2.0, then I also need to become Kalanic 2.0." - Travis Kalanick

Uber held a plenary session to discuss the company’s cultural transformation. Kalannik announced that he will be on vacation indefinitely.

"I need to ask myself by the same standards that we demand for Uber." - David Bonderman

After issuing sexist remarks during company plenary meetings, Board member David Bondman resigned.

June 15, 2017

Uber was sued by Indian passengers because an Uber executive took away his medical records.

June 21, 2017

"My love for Uber is better than anything in the world." - Travis Kalanick

Under pressure from major shareholders, Kalanike resigned as CEO.

August 3, 2017

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Uber rents out a car with a fire hazard to the driver in Singapore, even though it knows that the car was recalled because of a serious safety hazard.

August 10, 2017

"Serious management and other misconduct." - Investor Litigation

Uber’s major shareholder, Benchmark Capital, sued Kalanick and accused the former CEO of fraud when he added additional seats to the board.

August 27, 2017

"I will try my best to fight." - Dara Khosrowshahi

Expedia’s former CEO Dara Cosrosassi was selected as the new CEO by Uber’s board of directors.

September 8, 2017

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Uber was exposed by the FBI because of the "Hell" project that was undercover surveillance of Lyft, the top competitor.

September 22, 2017

"The bad reputation has to pay a high price." - Dara Cossosaci

Due to lack of corporate responsibility, Uber lost its operating license in London. The company is appealing the decision.

October 2, 2017

In the turmoil that led to the loss of London's operating permit, Uber’s UK operations chief, Jo Bertram, resigned.

November 21, 2017

"It shouldn't have happened." - Dara Cossosaci

Uber admitted that it concealed a data breach in October 2016. The incident caused 57 million Uber customer and driver data leaks. The company paid the hackers a ransom of $100,000 to allow the latter to destroy the information and keep the secret. Uber's chief security concept Joe Sullivan and Craig Clark, head of security and law enforcement, were fired.

November 28, 2017

"In this case, I can no longer trust Uber's words." - Judge William Alsup

The Federal Judge responsible for hearing Waymo's trade secret theft accused Uber and his lawyers of concealing the evidence. A former Uber employee confirmed the existence of Uber's secret team, which oversees competitors and obstructs legal investigations.

December 20, 2017

The European Court ruled that Uber was a taxi company and forced it to comply with more stringent regulations. The startup company was hit hard. (Lebang)

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