上周對于優步（Uber）來說又是動蕩的一周，公司開始過渡進入一段缺少首席執行官特拉維斯?卡蘭尼克的時期。

卡蘭尼克在本周二給員工的信中表示，他要請假去處理母親邦妮?卡蘭尼克的喪事。幾個小時后，遭到關于性騷擾和性別歧視的內部調查的優步董事會成員大衛?龐德文，也因為在公司全體大會上開性別歧視的玩笑而宣布辭職。這次調查由前美國司法部長埃里克?霍爾德領導，起因是前優步工程師蘇珊?福勒今年2月在網上發布了指控公司的博文。

董事會成員辭職，首席執行官請假，優步前方的道路很不明朗。這種不確定性在多位高層人員引人注目地離開公司導致崗位空缺下，顯得愈發明顯。在撰寫本文之際，優步有以下高管位置存在空缺。

首席財務官

自2015年布倫特?卡里尼克斯離職后，優步實際上就沒有了首席財務官。而公司在頂級財務高管高塔姆?古普塔辭去財務主管前往一家初創公司后，表現就尤其掙扎。公司2017年第一季度虧損7.08億美元，許多人懷疑他們是否還打算在今年上市，隨后古普塔離開了這里。在財務主管空缺的情況下，公司進行首次公開募股的可能性似乎不太大。

首席運營官和拼車業務總裁

優步從未有過首席運營官，大部分高層決策都由卡蘭尼克自己做出。不過今年3月，也就是福勒在網上首次發布性騷擾指控不到一個月后，卡蘭尼克宣布他打算招募一位得力高管，幫助公司渡過這些關于性別歧視和性騷擾的指控。卡蘭尼克對員工表示，他在尋找“一位能夠與我合作，續寫旅程下一篇章的同事”。

優步的拼車業務總裁杰夫?瓊斯在這個位置上待了短短的六個月，之后他認為優步已經支離破碎難以挽救，并離開了公司。根據彭博社（Bloomberg）的報道，瓊斯在公司的“理念和晉升至領導層的方式”上與卡蘭尼克經常有激烈的沖突，而且，據說他——盡管不是離職的主要原因——不希望有一個首席運營官地位比他高。

卡蘭尼克在當時的一份聲明中表示：“在我們宣布招聘首席運營官的打算之后，杰夫做出了艱難的決定，他認為在優步看不到自己的未來。”

高級工程副總裁

在福勒指控優步八天后，卡蘭尼克得知高級工程副總裁艾米特?辛格之前正是因為在谷歌（Google）面臨性騷擾指控而離開，他要求辛格辭職。辛格擔任這個職位僅有一個月時間。

當時辛格對Recode說：“任何情況下性騷擾都是不可接受的。我絕對希望每個人都知道我絕不寬恕，也從未有過這樣的行為。在我20年的職業生涯中，我從未受到過這樣的指控，離開谷歌是我自己的決定。”

法律總顧問

優步確實需要一位首席律師了。Recode報道稱，卡蘭尼克在給員工的一封信中表示，將前首席律師薩利?柳被提拔為首席法律官，是為了“幫助公司推行重要倡議，如男女同工同酬，擴大業務多樣性，為優步未來建立強大文化基礎”。這也意味著優步日常的法律運作都要由新任的法律總顧問負責，根據報道，公司計劃從外部尋找人選。

公司可能已經開始尋找柳的替代人選了。如今，美國司法部正著手針對優步修改應用的做法進行犯罪調查，而谷歌的母公司Alphabet也對優步提起訴訟，聲稱他們盜竊了自動駕駛汽車技術。

柳還將繼續擔任法律顧問，直到公司找到繼任者。（財富中文網）

譯者：嚴匡正

It's been another whirlwind week for Uber, as the company begins to transition into a period without CEO Travis Kalanick.

On Tuesday, Kalanick announced in a letter to staff that he would be taking a leave of absence to cope with the death of his mother, Bonnie Kalanick. Hours later, Uber board member David Bonderman announced his resignation after coming under fire for a sexist joke he made during the all-hands meeting to go over the results of an internal investigation surrounding sexual harassment and discrimination. Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder led the investigation, which was prompted by allegations former Uber engineer Susan Fowler first published online in February.

Down a board member and without its CEO, Uber's path forward is unclear. That uncertainty is heightened by the number of top-level positions that have opened up following numerous high-profile departures from the company. As of this writing, here are all the empty executive jobs at the company right now.

Chief Financial Officer

Uber has technically been without a CFO since Brent Callinicos left in 2015, but the company is especially reeling after its top finance executive, Gautam Gupta, left his role as head of finance to join a startup. His departure followed Uber's $708 million loss in the first quarter and speculation over whether the company intended to go public in 2017. With lead financial roles open, an IPO seems less likely.

Chief Operating Officer and President of Ride-Sharing

Uber has never had a COO, with Kalanick himself handling most top-level decisions. But in March, less than a month after Fowler first published her harassment claims online, Kalanick announced his intentions to bring on a right-hand executive to help steer the ship amid allegations of gender bias and sexual harassment at the company. Kalanick told his staff that he was looking for a "peer who can partner with me to write the next chapter in our journey."

Uber's President of Ride-Sharing, Jeff Jones, assumed this role for a short six months, after which point he determined Uber was too damaged to repair and resigned as well. According to a report from Bloomberg, Jones often clashed with Kalanick over the company's "beliefs and approach to leadership" and reportedly—while not the primary factor behind his departure—did not like the idea of a COO outranking him.

“After we announced our intention to hire a COO, Jeff came to the tough decision that he doesn’t see his future at Uber," Kalanick said in a statement at the time.

Senior Vice President of Engineering

Eight days after Fowler published her account of her time at Uber, Kalanick asked SVP of Engineering Amit Singhal to resign after learning he left his job at Google amid sexual harassment allegations. Singhal had only been in the role for a month.

“Harassment is unacceptable in any setting. I certainly want everyone to know that I do not condone and have not committed such behavior,” Singhaltold Recode at the time. “In my 20-year career, I’ve never been accused of anything like this before and the decision to leave Google was my own.”

General Counsel

The company is in need of a top lawyer remains after Sally Yoo, who previously filled the role, was promoted to chief legal officer in a bid to “help drive critical company initiatives like equal pay, increasing diversity in our business, and building a strong cultural foundation for the future of Uber,” Kalanick said in a staff email last month, according to Recode. That means day-to-day legal operations will fall on the shoulders of the new General Counsel, who the company plans to hire externally, the report said.

The search for Yoo's replacement may have already begun now that the U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into Uber's software practices and Google's parent company Alphabet has filed a lawsuit over allegedly stolen self-driving car technology.

Yoo will act as counsel until her replacement is found.