{"id":25401,"date":"2017-03-29T07:40:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T07:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=25401"},"modified":"2017-03-29T07:40:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T07:40:47","slug":"uber-diversity-report-shows-shortage-women-minorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/uber-diversity-report-shows-shortage-women-minorities.html","title":{"rendered":"Uber diversity report shows shortage of women, minorities"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tUber diversity report shows shortage of women, minorities<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tUber diversity report shows shortage of women, minorities:-<\/strong> Uber Technologies Inc released its first diversity report on Tuesday, showing that women and non-white employees are underrepresented at the ride-services company – just as they are at many other technology<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tUber released the information after a series of revelations about its culture and business tactics that have incited calls for consumers to boycott the company and changes in senior management. A former employee last month recounted a workplace of sexual harassment and cut-throat competition, prompting Uber to launch an internal investigation.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tUber's workforce overall is comprised of 36 percent women, but that number falls to 15 percent when looking at employees with technical roles, the company said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBy comparison, Alphabet Inc's Google's staff is 31 percent women, Twitter Inc's is 37 percent women and messaging startup Slack's workforce is 43 percent women, according to the companies' websites.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHalf of Uber's total workforce is white, while Asians are the second-largest ethnic group at 31 percent, blacks make up nearly 9 percent and Hispanics account for less than 6 percent, according to the report.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHowever, when looking at just those employees with technical jobs, only 1 percent of Uber's staff is black and 2 percent is Hispanic.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"We need to do better and have much more work to do," Liane Hornsey, Uber's human resources chief, said in a blog post accompanying the diversity report, which was posted on Uber's website.(ubr.to\/2o7M8It)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tUber also announced in the report it was committing $3 million over the next three years to support organizations working to bring more women and underrepresented groups into tech. It did not say which organizations would benefit.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHornsey acknowledged that "It's no secret that we're late to release these numbers." Technology companies, including startups, have released annual diversity reports for years. Uber was founded in 2009.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tUber's report comes more than a month after a former employee, Susan Fowler, wrote a blog post describing a company culture where sexual harassment was common and went unpunished.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe allegations prompted an internal investigation being led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, and a public rebuke from early Uber investors Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tUber said in its diversity report that its hiring practices are improving. Last year, Hornsey said, 41 percent of new employees were women, which is 5 percentage points more than the proportion of women in its overall workforce. Uber's pool of new hires also has a larger percentage of blacks and Hispanics.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
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\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-uber-diversity-idUSKBN16Z2KS<\/span><\/p>\n

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