Uber acknowledges that it lacks diversity in U.S. tech leadership positions:
Our leadership is more homogenous than the rest of our employees. For example, no Black or Hispanic employees hold leadership positions in tech. This clearly has to change—a diversity of backgrounds and experience is important at every level. This is especially important in leadership, because leaders have a disproportionate influence on the culture of teams. And research shows that leaders from diverse backgrounds are more likely to hire diverse teams themselves.
In terms of race, here’s how Uber compares to others, according to Telecrunch:
Facebook (2 percent black, 4 percent Latinx, 3 percent two or more races), Apple (9 percent black, 12 percent Latinx, 2 percent multiracial), Airbnb (2.9 percent black, 6.5 percent Latinx) and Pinterest (2 percent black, 4 percent Latinx, 4 percent two or more races).
Globally, Uber is 36.1 percent female and 63.9 percent male. In tech roles, women make up just 15.4 percent of the workforce globally. In global tech leadership roles, women have 11.3 percent of the jobs.
Uber’s overall female representation is not great, Telecrunch reported, but it’s not as bad as female representation at Facebook (32 percent female) and Apple (32 percent female), for example. It’s also not as good as female representation at Airbnb, which is 43 percent female, and Pinterest, which is 44 percent female.
There is positive news in the Uber report, Recode reported. In the last year, Uber doubled its workforce, and 41 percent of new hires were women. The company also says 15 percent of its employees have work visas and have immigrated from 71 different countries.
