Last Tuesday, on June 13, 2017, Uber (traded privately) held an all-hands meeting where it was announced that CEO Travis Kalanick will be taking a leave of absence from the company. At the meeting, management also went over the list of recommendations made by law firm Covington & Burling on how Uber should move forward to fix its work environment after a series of sexual harassment cases reportedly went ignored by company leaders.

Yahoo Finance was able to obtain an audio recording of the meeting — which began with board member Arianna Huffington addressing Kalanick’s absence. Huffington goes on to explain that — due to the recent unexpected death of Kalanick’s mother, as well as the recent scandals faced by Uber — Kalanick had requested time off from the company.

The board then voted to adopt all the recommendations presented by Covington & Burling, which included, but was not limited to, redistributing some of Kalanick’s responsibilities, improving oversight of Uber’s board of directors, bettering human resources by undertaking a new process for complaint reports, and increasing the company’s diversity by publishing diversity statistics regularly and applying blind reviews of resumes.

In the audio recording, Huffington also mentioned that the company was adding a woman to its board: Wan Ling Martello, who is currently serving as the Executive Vice President and Head of Asia, Oceania, and Africa Zone at Nestle SA (VTX:$NESN). Regarding the addition, Huffington said, “There’s a lot of data that shows when there’s one woman on the board, it’s much more likely that there will be a second woman on the board.”

In response, Uber board member David Bonderman commented, “Actually what it shows is it’s much likely to be more talking.”

Since then, Bonderman’s comment has been met with outrage from social media — sending Uber spiraling further down as a company with a sexist and problematic work culture and environment. Jo Ling Kent, a news correspondent at NBC, later reported that Bonderman apologized for his actions in an email, saying that it was both disrespectful and inappropriate. New York Times then reported later that Bonderman has stepped down from his position as one of Uber’s board of directors.

Besides Bonderman’s comment at the meeting, Huffington also announced that a room in the office previously named the “War Room” will be changed to the “Peace Room.” As well, she also said the company will no longer tell its employees to work longer. She explained the decision by stating that Uber is a company driven by data, and that data shows that when you work longer, you’re not necessarily working smarter. Instead, you become more distracted and depleted.

For the past three months, Uber has been under fire due to allegations of sexual harassment within the company as well as claims that the company was developing secret software to outsmart local authorities. Uber also lost a number of its top executives before Kalanick stepped down as CEO — senior vice president (SVP) of business Emil Michael left the company just last week.

Kalanick’s leave of absence from Uber, as well as the series of scandals the company seems to be drowning in, shouldn’t come as a surprise. Kalanick had — many times — been criticized by many on his professionalism and leadership skills. For example, Kalanick had advised employees on their sexual behavior via email prior to a company celebration in Miami in 2013.

It’s not just Kalanick that had been criticized for his unprofessionalism. In 2014, fellow executive and former SVP of business Emil Michael was blasted after suggesting that Uber should get a team of researchers to dig up dirt on any reporters criticized the company.

Now, Uber is trying to save itself from the never-ending out-lash from its consumers, employees, and investors. At the meeting, Huffington said, “We need to judge ourselves going forward, from today on what we’re doing right now, on the actions we are taking. That applies to us, and that applies to the outside world.”

Let’s hope that the company will be able to judge themselves properly — and fix itself. However, if comments like Bonderman’s is a norm for Uber, they will have a lot to change before it can rise to the top again.

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