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Who knew just over 2,900 words could have such a profound effect on one of the the world's richest companies? Such an impact that Uber's CEO, Travis Kalanick, is taking a leave of absence from the company he built.
On Tuesday, the company presented the results of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's investigation and posted a redacted version of it on the company's blog. Uber's board of directors, which includes media mogul Arianna Huffington, Uber cofounder Garrett Camp, venture capitalist Bill Gurley, had voted to approve all recommendations.
Sweeping changes have already been ongoing at Uber. The company has seen the departure of numerous top executives. Emil Michael, formerly senior vice president of business, resigned from the company Sunday.
The report comes after former Uber engineer Susan Fowler Rigetti's blog post from February brought to light her personal experience with sexual harassment and discrimination at the ride-hailing giant. Her claims included her manager discussing his sex life over work chat and having the company's human resources department ignore her situation and then suggest that she move teams.
But after her viral blog post, the concerns were finally no longer ignored. More people stepped forward, and soon enough, Uber had enlisted Holder to conduct an internal investigation into Uber's workplace culture.
Kalanick revealed his decision to step down Tuesday, which he was debating in just the hours before, according to Recode's Kara Swisher. Here's the company-wide memo he sent to his team of more than 12,000 employees.
Team,
For the last eight years my life has always been about Uber. Recent events have brought home for me that people are more important than work, and that I need to take some time off of the day-to-day to grieve my mother, whom I buried on Friday, to reflect, to work on myself, and to focus on building out a world-class leadership team.
The ultimate responsibility, for where we’ve gotten and how we’ve gotten here rests on my shoulders. There is of course much to be proud of but there is much to improve. For Uber 2.0 to succeed there is nothing more important than dedicating my time to building out the leadership team. But if we are going to work on Uber 2.0, I also need to work on Travis 2.0 to become the leader that this company needs and that you deserve.
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. Tragically losing a loved one has been difficult for me and I need to properly say my goodbyes. The incredible outpouring of heartfelt notes and condolences from all of you have kept me strong but almost universally they have ended with ‘How can I help?’. My answer is simple. Do your life’s work in service to our mission. That gives me time with family. Put people first, that is my mom’s legacy. And make Uber 2.0 real so that the world can see the inspired work all of you do, and the inspiring people that make Uber great.
See you soon,
Travis
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