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Wow, I think a lot of people learn from their successes and mistakes in previous jobs and bring that knowledge into their next job.

It does not seem appropriate to fire someone who hasn't acted badly in his current job. The opportunity for finding out about his past was before he was offered the position.

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His reason for leaving Google (a "credible" sexual harassment allegation) is a liability for Uber. If he had disclosed it before he was offered the position, he likely would not have been offered it.

It seems completely appropriate for a company to take steps to limit their liabilities.

Based on what is being written about Uber's culture it's not obvious he wouldn't have been offered job if this had been known. Now it's clearly a liability.

Uh, a credible allegation according to whom? If there had been disciplinary action or termination I think he perhaps ought to have disclosed it, but this seems like opportunism and scapegoating.

The more we learn about Uber's culture I think the inescapable conclusion is that it might very much benefit from a different CEO.

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