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A review by gemmamilne
Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber by Susan Fowler
5.0
I devoured this book in 48 hours, and, TLDR: you should too.
Susan’s blog post blowing the whistle on Uber’s horrific workplace culture in 2017 set in motion changes and tough conversations not just at the ride-sharing startup, but across Silicon Valley and beyond.
Her memoir tells the full story of what happened at Uber in much greater detail, but it would be diminishing to say that this is what this book is about.
It’s so much more.
This is an account of someone not taking no for an answer; of someone unrelentingly driven in the pursuit of knowledge, education and self-actualisation; of someone taking and reclaiming power in so many different ways. Susan’s life story is story enough.
I reckon I’ve become a bit numb to horrific stories of startup (and academic) culture, and so I wasn’t all that shocked by Susan’s experience, but the matter-of-fact account, displayed with such clarity, was a joy (if you can say that about problematic stories) to read.
This book was so inspiring, so quick to fly through, and left me pondering many questions about speaking up, power and lifelong learning.
Brilliant.
Susan’s blog post blowing the whistle on Uber’s horrific workplace culture in 2017 set in motion changes and tough conversations not just at the ride-sharing startup, but across Silicon Valley and beyond.
Her memoir tells the full story of what happened at Uber in much greater detail, but it would be diminishing to say that this is what this book is about.
It’s so much more.
This is an account of someone not taking no for an answer; of someone unrelentingly driven in the pursuit of knowledge, education and self-actualisation; of someone taking and reclaiming power in so many different ways. Susan’s life story is story enough.
I reckon I’ve become a bit numb to horrific stories of startup (and academic) culture, and so I wasn’t all that shocked by Susan’s experience, but the matter-of-fact account, displayed with such clarity, was a joy (if you can say that about problematic stories) to read.
This book was so inspiring, so quick to fly through, and left me pondering many questions about speaking up, power and lifelong learning.
Brilliant.