Uber's HR Head: 'No benefit' in meeting sexual harassment victim

In February this year, Uber had to face up to allegations of unchecked sexual harassment after an ex-engineer posted a blog revealing that her line-manager went unpunished after making sexual advances.

With the incident sparking a ‘top and tail’ investigation of Uber’s culture, Uber’s Head of HR had to manage a very public fallout– yet she’s also revealed that she doesn’t believe meeting Susan Fowler, the engineer who wrote the damning post, would have any benefit. She did, however, thank her.

Fowler, a writer, engineer and start-up advisor, wrote in her, now infamous, blogpost that her male supervisor made advances but that HR wouldn’t punish him as he was a “high performer”.

Yet, although their lives are intertwined around the same issue, Liane Hornsey, Uber’s HR Chief, explained to the Wall Street Journal that she doesn’t believe a meeting would hold utility.