The executives accused include Eyal Gutentag, who was a Los Angeles general manager at Uber when he allegedly assaulted a female subordinate at a group outing. He was put on leave and terminated from the company within a week of the incident, but eventually was hired as chief marketing officer of ZipRecruiter, a billion-dollar employment job site. (BuzzFeed News)
Talking point: The #MeToo movement—largely fuelled by allegations against then-Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein—has begun to affect careers in industries like entertainment and politics. However, its material impact in tech has been less obvious, as several men who have admitted to sexual misconduct have been able to re-enter the scene, sometimes only months later. Women in the industry who spoke with BuzzFeed News said that in spite of public diversity pledges and social-media movements, there hasn’t yet been real accountability.