Press-Quoted Memo·22 OCT 2013
The Kalanick Miami Memo Is What Happens When a Leader Writes Like the Email Is Private
The memo's existence is more instructive than its contents. The contents are the symptom; the existence is the diagnosis.
Memo excerpts as published by Recode on 8 June 2017. The original document was not publicly filed; the source article reproduced only the quoted portions.
Excerpt · In Travis Kalanick's own words
We do not have a budget to bail anyone out of jail. Don't be that guy. #CEOlife #FML
Do not have sex with another employee UNLESS a) you have asked that person for that privilege and they have responded with an emphatic 'YES! I will have sex with you' AND b) the two (or more) of you do not work in the same chain of command.
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- Press-Quoted Memo (Fair Use)
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- Recode coverage of leaked Uber internal correspondence
- Citation
- Memo obtained and excerpted by Recode, 8 June 2017
- Date authored
- October 22, 2013
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