优步正迅速采取行动，试图平息来自一篇谴责性博客文章的强烈不满，该文章指称，优步遭受了猖獗的性别歧视，而且在解决问题的每一个方面都失败了。根据今天下午发给优步员工的一封内部电子邮件，首席执行官特拉维斯·卡兰尼克（Travis Kalanick）说，他的公司已经请美国前司法部长埃里克·霍尔德（Eric Holder）监督对前员工苏珊·福勒（Susan Fowler）提出的问题进行“独立审查”，她在周日发表的关于工作经历的博文引起了广泛的愤怒。

福勒于2015年11月开始在优步（Uber）工作，担任网站可靠性工程师。她说，自己第一天就遭到了经理的性骚扰。她还非常详细地描述了Uber的人力资源部门在认真对待她的投诉、斥责或解雇骚扰者的过程中几乎每一步都失败了，并指出她的上级甚至暗示，如果她继续抱怨虐待行为，她将被解雇。在特朗普移民禁令后兴起的#DeleteUber标签，已经开始再次成为回应福勒帖子的趋势。

霍尔德将与《赫芬顿邮报》（Huffington Post）联合创始人、优步董事会成员阿里安娜•赫芬顿（Arianna Huffington）合作，与优步人力资源主管莉安•霍恩西（Liane Hornsey）和内部律师安吉拉•帕迪拉（Angela Padilla）合作。优步的批评者们已经明确指出，由董事会成员、人力资源主管和内部律师参与的审查并不完全是独立的。

即便是霍尔德，尽管他有着悠久的历史，也不完全是一个局外人。Uber聘请了他的律师事务所Covington&Burling就安全问题提供咨询。霍尔德甚至在去年夏天为优步（Uber）做了宣传，他致信**官员，要求取消对司机进行指纹背景调查的政策。霍尔德的前办公室主任兼科文顿员工玛格丽特·理查森（Margaret Richardson）也是优步安全咨询委员会的成员。

卡兰尼克在给员工的邮件中似乎没有注意到这个事实。不过，他重申了优步糟糕的性别差异统计数据，并承诺让公司渡过这场危机，最终解决这些问题。”卡兰尼克写道：“我相信创造一个工作场所，让我们所做的每件事都有一种深深的正义感。”我的首要任务是，我们要通过这个更好的组织，在那里我们践行我们的价值观，为那些经历过不公正的人而斗争和支持他们。”

以下是卡兰尼克的电子邮件全文，由Recode获得：

Team,

It’s been a tough 24 hours. I know the company is hurting, and understand everyone has been waiting for more information on where things stand and what acti*** we are going to take.

First, Eric Holder, former US Attorney General under President Obama, and Tammy Albarran -- both partners at the leading law firm Covington & Burling-- will conduct an independent review into the specific issues relating to the work place environment raised by Susan Fowler, as well as diversity and inclusion at Uber more broadly. Joining them will be Arianna Huffington, who sits on Uber’s board, Liane Hornsey, our recently hired Chief Human Resources Officer, and Angela Padilla, our Associate General Counsel. I expect them to conduct this review in short order.

Second, Arianna is flying out to join me and Liane at our all hands meeting tomorrow to discuss what’s happened and next steps. Arianna and Liane will also be doing **aller group and one-on-one listening sessi*** to get your feedback directly.

Third, there have been many questi*** about the gender diversity of Uber’s technology teams. If you look across our engineering, product management, and scientist roles, 15.1% of employees are women and this has not changed substantively in the last year. As points of reference, Facebook is at 17%, Google at 18% and Twitter is at 10%. Liane and I will be working to publish a broader diversity report for the company in the coming months.

I believe in creating a workplace where a deep sense of justice underpins everything we do. Every Uber employee should be proud of the culture we have and what we will build together over time. What is driving me through all this is a determination that we take what’s happened as an opportunity to heal wounds of the past and set a new standard for justice in the workplace. It is my number one priority that we come through this a better organization, where we live our values and fight for and support those who experience injustice.

Thanks,

Travis