Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

by Mike Isaac

One female employee in Uber’s Malaysian office was heading home from work one evening in 2015, when she noticed a group of men following her. It was a local gang, she realized, and began frantically texting people for help. One of those people was her boss, the local Uber general manager. She said that she needed help, and that she was scared she was going to be raped. As her ride home continued, her manager responded: “Don’t worry, Uber has great health care,” he texted. “We will pay for your medical bills.”