On Sunday afternoon, Susan Fowler — now an engineer at payments company Stripe — published an essay alleging that Uber’s human resources representatives ignored multiple reports of sexual

In response to her essay, calls to #deleteUber — a hashtag that gained steam when people thought the car-hailing service was trying to profit off the backs of taxi drivers protesting President Donald Trump’s travel ban — have cropped up on Twitter again. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick stepped down from a Trump advisory council in part due to the vehement response to the widespread complaints.

(先前)人們認(rèn)為這家打車(chē)服務(wù)商試圖從抗議特朗普禁行令的出租車(chē)司機(jī)身上獲取利益,因此推特上就出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)“刪掉優(yōu)步”的話題標(biāo)簽。這次因?yàn)樗�的文�?呼吁“刪掉優(yōu)步”的話題標(biāo)簽再次出現(xiàn)在推特上,而且愈演愈烈。優(yōu)步總裁特拉維斯·卡拉尼克退出了特朗普的顧問(wèn)委員會(huì),從某種程度上來(lái)講就是由人們對(duì)普遍抗議的強(qiáng)烈響應(yīng)所引起的。

The #deleteUber movement hit the business hard, with Uber reporting over 200,000 account deletions, although other sources said the number was even higher.

“刪掉優(yōu)步”的活動(dòng)使優(yōu)步的生意遭受了沉重的打擊,據(jù)報(bào)道優(yōu)步被刪掉的賬戶已達(dá)20多萬(wàn),然而其他信息來(lái)源稱這個(gè)數(shù)字甚至可以說(shuō)更高。

Now this new controversy — especially since Uber has previously been criticized about its commitment to the safety of female customers, some obviously sexist ads and also several very questionable comments from its top execs related to women — has the potential to make those numbers rise even further.

如今,特別是因?yàn)橄惹叭藗兙椭肛?zé)了優(yōu)步對(duì)女性顧客安全方面的承諾、批判了優(yōu)步的一些明顯帶有性別歧視的廣告,還批評(píng)了優(yōu)步高管對(duì)女性的幾個(gè)非常有問(wèn)題的評(píng)論,因此這場(chǎng)新的爭(zhēng)議可能會(huì)使該數(shù)字進(jìn)一步增長(zhǎng)。

So it’s no surprise that Kalanick responded quickly to the Fowler essay on Twitter. “I have just read Susan Fowler's blog. What she describes is abhorrent and against everything Uber stands for and believes in,” wrote Kalanick, who claimed it was the “first time this has come to my attention.” “We seek to make Uber a just workplace and there can be absolutely no place for this kind of behavior at Uber — and anyone who behaves this way or thinks this is OK will be fired."

所以,卡拉尼克迅速地在推特上回應(yīng)了福勒這篇文章也就不足為奇了。“我剛讀了蘇珊·福勒的博客。她所描述的情況(與優(yōu)步)是不相符的,而且與優(yōu)步所支持并信奉的一切相悖,”卡拉尼克寫(xiě)道,他還聲稱這是“第一次因?yàn)檫@類(lèi)事件而引起他的關(guān)注。”“我們力圖使優(yōu)步成為一個(gè)公正的工作場(chǎng)所,在優(yōu)步絕對(duì)不會(huì)出現(xiàn)這種行為。任何如此行事的人或是認(rèn)為這沒(méi)問(wèn)題的人都會(huì)被解雇。”

He also said the company’s recently hired head of human resources, Liane Hornsey, will be launching an “independent” investigation into Fowler’s claims, along with independent board member Arianna Huffington.

他還表示,優(yōu)步最近聘請(qǐng)了莉恩·霍恩西擔(dān)任人力資源主管,她將與獨(dú)立董事阿莉安娜·赫芬頓一起對(duì)福勒的聲明進(jìn)行“獨(dú)立”調(diào)查。