{"id":303131,"date":"2017-03-20T06:29:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T06:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=303131"},"modified":"2017-03-20T06:29:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T06:29:21","slug":"uber-president-jeff-jones-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=303131","title":{"rendered":"Uber president Jeff Jones steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uber president Jeff Jones is leaving the company after less than six months.<\/p>\n

A source at the taxi booking app told the BBC the resignation was “completely unexpected”.<\/p>\n

They said Mr Jones was frustrated the company was hiring a new chief operating officer and that he was not among the candidates.<\/p>\n

But according to technology news site Recode, Mr Jones left because of Uber’s continued struggle with issues around sexism and sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

Uber said in a statement on Sunday: “We want to thank Jeff for his six months at the company and wish him all the best.”<\/p>\n

Privately, however, the company has been shocked by his sudden departure, with other executives left disappointed at what they saw as a lack of professional courtesy in informing them of his plans.<\/p>\n

His resignation will take effect immediately, the BBC understands.<\/p>\n

‘Leadership help’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uber has suffered a spate of controversies in 2017, the most serious being ongoing rows over a culture of sexism, and accusations of sexual harassment at the firm.<\/p>\n

After being filmed arguing with a driver over falling rates, the firm’s co-founder and chief executive Travis Kalanick admitted he needed “leadership help”. Earlier this month, he announced that the company was looking for a chief operating officer.<\/p>\n

\n
\"Uber
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick may also step down once the firm’s new COO is in place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n
<\/figure>\n

The role would have effectively demoted Mr Jones, who was not himself being considered for the position.<\/p>\n

In an email to his staff on Sunday, Mr Kalanick said: “After we announced our intention to hire a COO, Jeff came to the tough decision that he doesn’t see his future at Uber.<\/p>\n

“It is unfortunate that this was announced through the press, but I thought it was important to send all of you an email before providing comment publicly.”<\/p>\n

The backroom manoeuvrings suggest bigger changes at Uber are on the way. Two separate, well-placed sources at the company have told the BBC that Mr Kalanick will likely step down as chief executive soon after the new COO is in place.<\/p>\n

The move will be designed to reassure investors ahead of a long-anticipated potential initial public offering.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uber president Jeff Jones is leaving the company after less than six months. A source at the taxi booking app told the BBC the resignation was “completely unexpected”. They said Mr Jones was frustrated the company was hiring a new chief operating officer and that he was not among the candidates. But according to technology […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=303131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=303131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=303131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=303131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}