Whether it’s sexual assault, or the CEO of Uber not making the right decisions, they seem to always be getting bad publicity. I am starting to think that the declining reputation is just for publicity because of how often they are portrayed negatively, since these days the only way you can get any attention at all, is through negative attention. The last time I checked, Uber is not the Kardashians, so if Uber doesn’t straighten out the accusations their company faces, they won’t last two more miles.

The company recently revealed that they have been using a feature named “Greyball,” that seems like it is purposely trying to break laws. The feature was created to, as LA Times stated, “…identify regulators posing as riders while trying to collect evidence that Uber’s service was breaking local laws governing taxis.” The program was a fake app they used to “summon” drivers, only to have them not show up or cancel, making that seem suspicious, even to consumers.

The CEO was even shown having an unprofessional argument with one of his drivers after the driver told him, “I lost $97,000 because of you; I’m bankrupt because of you.”  The CEO replied, “Some people don’t like to take responsibility for their own s***.” Honestly, for a CEO of a very popular drive sharing company, he really has a lot of growing up to do, before he can get truly successful.

CEO Travis Kalanick, stated to all Uber Employees, “To say that I am ashamed is an extreme understatement;  it’s clear this video is a reflection of me .… I must fundamentally change as a leader and grow up.” Hey, at least he is admitting that he overreacted and that he needs to grow up, better than some people that do not need to be mentioned. I personally love how the CEO of corporate public relations firm Group Gordon responded to this, “he just comes across as an angry fraternity boy.”

At this point in time, CEO Travis Kalanick, has even gone to get “leadership help”, showing that he does not have control anymore. Kalanick has even stated, “…we’re actively looking for a Chief Operating Officer; a peer who can partner with me to write the next chapter in our journey.” This comes just a week after Kalanick’s irresponsible outburst at one of his own employees.

There was even a lawsuit from a self-driving car company, Waymo, about a former employee stealing plans for the cars and giving them to Uber. Of course people are going to be out to shut competitors down, but the way it is presented brings forth many questions on how far they are willing to go. The lawsuit stated that the former employee downloaded 14,000 confidential files to his laptop before leaving to go to Uber.

Keep in mind that Waymo is a company run by Google, basically meaning that two major and very popular companies are going head to head to try to make self driving cars, and they need to get authorities involved. The fact that they are actually going out of their way to get authorities involved in this shouldn’t really be shocking, then again it shouldn’t be a shock that Uber would receive pirated information either. I mean, look back at the third paragraph, if that doesn’t show how little morality Uber has, I have no clue what does.