Uber’s new CEO tells employees there is ‘high cost to a bad reputation’ after London ban

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi sent a sobering, self-reflective email to employees today following the London transport authority’s decision not to renew the company’s license. In what is an uncharacteristic move for a company plagued by rampant sexism and regulatory abuse, much of which was a product of the leadership style of former chief exec and founder Travis Kalanick, Khosrowshahi told Uber employees that “there is a high cost to a bad reputation.”

Text of the email was first published on Twitter by Bloomberg reporter Eric Newcomber. An Uber representative confirmed to The Verge the authenticity of the email.

“Irrespective of whether we did everything that is being said about us i London today (to be clear, I don’t think we did), it…

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