"Uber, like many top Silicon Valley firms, attempts to hire only the smartest and most productive people. Getting a management job at one of these companies is tougher than getting into Harvard. So it is not a stupid person answering Fowler’s email"<p>Oh how I wish this were true.
I love the example they present in the article. This is indeed textbook discrimination.<p>I'm just appalled by Uber's decision to use Eric Holder's handling of the investigation for them as a positive. Holder though is said to be separate from Uber had been doing work for them prior to this investigation.<p>"He also worked on Uber’s behalf last year in an effort to defeat fingerprint background check legislation."<p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-24/uber-investigator-eric-holder-asserts-his-independence" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-24/uber-inve...</a><p>So a lobbyist for Uber is being paid by Uber to investigate wrongdoings by Uber.
I love how that article points out how an environment gets to that point of sexism (or any other form of discrimination). A misunderstanding of what meritocracy is and should be allows people to get away with very harmful behavior.