Google was prepared to dismiss Mr. Singhal because of the claim, Recode said, but ultimately he resigned on his own in February 2016. At the time, Mr. Singhal said he wanted to devote time to philanthropy; he joined Uber less than a year later. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“Harassment is unacceptable in any setting,” Mr. Singhal said in a statement Monday. Mr. Singhal was hired to oversee Uber’s mapping division as well as a unit that runs the dispatching, marketing and pricing of Uber cars. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Singhal’s dismissal is another example of both the talent pipeline and the competition between Google and Uber.

Source: New York Times February 27, 2017 21:01 UTC