【新闻】20170622 商业|优步踩刹车

精选导读

1. 2015年加入 Uber 的前工程师 Susan Fowler 于今年2月在博客上曝光了自己在 Uber 遭遇的性骚扰事件，并指责公司歧视女性员工，且在管理方面混乱无序。事件爆发后，社会一片哗然，公司随即对至少215名员工展开了相关调查。截至目前，Uber 已经累计开除了20余名与性骚扰事件相关的人员；

2. Google 母公司 Alphabet 旗下的自动驾驶子公司 Waymo，于2月以盜取商业机密的名义起诉 Uber，认为旗下员工窃取了 Waymo 的与雷达技术相关的机密资料；

3. 过去四个月里，Uber 丑闻不断。到今天为止，已有10位高管选择离职或被扫地出门，CEO 卡兰尼克也于上周宣布无限期休假。由此看来，Uber 接下来将会面临一个群龙无首的局面，并且持续时间，未知。

今日思考

1. “打车软件”的英文是什么？

ride-hailing taxi-hailing

2. 为什么称 Waymo 是 Google 的 sister company?

google与Waymo 同为Alphabet旗下子公司

3. Uber 决心反思企业文化的三个原因分别是什么？

sex discrimination and harassment 

stole autonomous-vehicle technology

finance chief has just left for another startup

4. 投资者判断企业的两个指标分别是什么？

英文原文

Brake Time: Uber Reviews Its Culture

review: vt. 反思

The ride-hailing giant's  staff impatiently await the results of an investigation into its workplace culture.

ride-hailing 打车

await: vt. 等候 (wait for)

impatiently await 焦急的等候

 In February a former engineer, Susan Fowler, sparked a storm with a blog post saying sex discrimination and harassment were endemic. 

spark a storm: 引起一场风暴

sex discrimination and harassment: 性别歧视与性骚扰

On Tuesday, it was reported that the company had fired 20 employees following an internal investigation. The wider, independent inquiry is being led by Eric Holder, a former attorney-general. 

external 内部

endemic: adj. 地方性的

attorney-general: n. 总检察长

Whatever his (imminent) conclusions, the company's problems are sure to continue. 

imminent: adj. 即将的

It is struggling to attract engineering talent. Other controversies are bubbling, including a lawsuit alleging that it knowingly stole autonomous-vehicle technology from Waymo, a sister company of Google. 

it struggling to do sth 很艰难  it difficult to sth

bubble: adj. 正在出现的

knowingly: adv. 故意地

autonomous-vehicle 无人驾驶

Last week it fired the former boss of its autonomous-vehicle effort, who was at the heart of the Waymo lawsuit. And its finance chief has just left for another startup. 

effort: n. 事业部

Uber's nearly $70bn valuation made it the most valuable private tech startup ever. 

But living up to investors' expectations looks increasingly daunting.

daunting: adj. 令人担忧的

  live up to 达成

友邻优课的文化观

1，敬畏知识

2，眼中只有目标

3，寻找标杆

4，付出不亚于任何人的努力

5，以客户为创新起点

6，正确的为人之道