Uber’s chief people officer resigns amid discrimination probe

Liane Hornsey resigned as Uber's chief people officer. Over all

Uber's Chief Persons Officer Liane Hornsey retired Tuesday amid a company investigation into how the lady handled allegations of ethnicity discrimination at the ride-hailing startup.

An Uber speaker confirmed Tuesday night that Hornsey had resigned after Reuters contacted the company about anonymous accusations the girl had systematically dismissed inside complaints of racial splendour. Hornsey, who led Uber's human resources department, joined up with the company in January 2017.

An email Best CEO Dara Khosrowshahi dispatched to employees Tuesday saying Hornsey's resignation didn't uncover a reason for her departure. In his email, obtained by Reuters, Khosrowshahi called Hornsey "incredibly accomplished, creative, and hard-working" and "a valuable member of my leadership team. inch

In a separate email to her team, also obtained by Reuters, Hornsey also gave no reason for her departure but said it "comes a little out of the blue for a few of you, but Plus thinking about this for a while. inches

Of all tech companies, Above all likely has the most to prove in the diversity department. Last 12 months it faced a reckoning that saw an exodus of high-level executives, five federal investigations and a damning internal investigation led by former US Lawyer General Eric Holder. The unraveling started out after original Uber engineer Susan Fowler wrote a blog post alleging a chaotic corporate and business culture, gender bias and workplace sexual harassment.

In April, Uber issued it is second-ever diversity report, which showed the startup noticed a slight increase in the amount of women and people of color in the workforce.

"Diverse, inclusive groups are a company's best asset: they challenge presumptions, drive innovation, and that we consider strongly they are a competitive advantage, " Hornsey wrote in an article saying the diversity report. "We have made meaningful improvement over the last yr, but we still have a lot of to do to increase rendering of women and underrepresented groups. "

Hornsey could not immediately be reached for additional comment.

Pranesh Anthapur, Uber's vice president of man resources, will replace Hornsey on an interim most basic.

CNET's Dara Kerr added to this report.

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