But then, Susan Fowler, a former Uber software engineer, published an exposé on the culture of sexism and sexual harassment at the company, and the wheels started to fall off Uber. Of course sexual harassment is a terrible offense and any incident of it deserves to be railed against. Other allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination, and misconduct have been made but they've garnered only modest media coverage and most haven't inflicted serious damage on the accused individuals or companies. A recent announcement by a female engineer at Tesla that she is suing the company alleging sexual harassment and discrimination barely caused a blip in the media. Customers have come to realize that the things they loved about Uber as a brand are in complete opposition to how Uber operates internally.

Source: Forbes March 26, 2017 00:11 UTC