Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit Says

Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by cloudwalking on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:23PM (#15656585)

Many of my friends have stopped using Uber in favor of Lyft. Is this a real trend, or just something I see in Silicon Valley tech circles?

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Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by civilian on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @05:28PM (#15657746)

A lot of my non-techie peers in Seattle are choosing Lyft over Uber due to ethical concerns. Even when they're not making that much money, it's important to them.

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Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by chrisseaton on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @05:24PM (#15657711)

Lyft aren't even available in most places that Uber are, so I can't see it being much of a wider trend.

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Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by BOBOTWINSTON on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @05:45PM (#15657860)

Is this referencing outside the US? I travel very frequently to both rural and urban areas in the US and have yet to find a place where I could not Lyft, but could Uber.

In fact... I have only been to one place where I could not Lyft, and it turned out I also couldn't Uber (very rural).

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Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by chrisseaton on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @06:30PM (#15658184)

Yes I don't think Lyft is available outside the US at all is it? I couldn't even use it when I was in the US as I don't have a US phone number.

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Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by jknoepfler on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:43PM (#15656793)

I uninstalled uber when the shit hit the fan. I won't ever reinstall it, and I actively suggest others do the same. I won't support a company that sounds like a sorry mix of aws corporate culture and /r/incels social culture

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Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by surrey-fringe on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:25PM (#15656606)

It's the tech circles.

Most people who use ridesharing see it only as a cheaper, easier option, which it is.

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Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by cmsmith on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @04:07PM (#15657040)

Data: https://www.recode.net/2017/11/8/16617798/uber-delete-uber-l...

It is a real trend, but doesn't represent 'most' users.

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Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by BinaryIdiot on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:48PM (#15656849)

I know I have but not because of their business practices (which I agree they've done some not good things). Lyft is $3 - $4 cheap, consistently, for me in the East Bay. I know for a ride the pricing of either is pretty decent but some days I need to take several rides so I try to save money wherever I can.

Most of the people I know who use or drive either because they seem them as commodities and don't really care. They just pick the better priced or closest one.

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Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by rtx on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:36PM (#15656710)

Mostly tech circles, they are beating their competition in India.

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Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by fishcolorbrick on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:33PM (#15656684)

I'll second that anecdote... among my peer group in Portland, OR, Uber is deprecated for ethical reasons.

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Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by liberte82 on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @04:02PM (#15656997)

How long until there are so many competing brands that an umbrella app is developed to interface with all of them? It seems the inevitable nature of startup market.

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Re:Uber's Employee Ratings Put Women at a Disadvantage, Suit... by BlackjackCF on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @06:01PM (#15657976)

I've been using Lyft a lot more because it's actually become cheaper than Uber in LA.

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