S3 Episode 9 - Bad Behaving "High Performers" Should Held Accountable for the Harm They Do
Today, Wesley and Kim welcome Susan Fowler Rigetti. She talks her experiences at Uber as a young software engineer and the challenges when dealing with bad behavior. What can you do when you try to speak up when the internals systems are setup up to protect the "high performers"? They discuss what to do when the culture of the company is not aligned with your personal values and how to speak truth to power without blowing up your career. Susan also mentions her prior life experiences in "terrible life situations" made her ready to stand up for herself.
Susan received high media attention in 2017 for taking a stand to speak out against the leadership at Uber about the harassment she was experiencing while working early in her career as a software engineer at Uber.
about Susan Rigetti
Susan is a novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and the author of three books. In 2017, Susan's blogpost about her experience as a software engineer at Uber sent shockwaves through the industry. She went on to write a critically acclaimed memoir, called Whistleblower. She is also the author of a novel, Cover Story. She has written for The New York Times, TIME Magazine, Slate, Vanity Fair, and have been an editor at PhilPapers for nearly a decade.
