What a tit! Uber CEO hijacks his staff breast-pump room to meditate Uber boss Travis Kalanick is once again making headlines – this time for taking over a designated employee lactation room to use for meditation. This is according to Uber board member Arianna Huffington, who said during a telly interview that the ride-sharing startup's bro-in-chief has been using the mindfulness sessions as …
Not all women are comfortable flashing and doing the "look at moiee, look at moiee" virtue signalling when breastfeeding and prefer some privacy. My D-i-L who is no prude, always retreats to the parents room when out, as the grandson is not as distracted and takes less time to latch on, on stays latched on rather than be startled by noises, & generally try to take in everything going on around him.
A lactation room gives them the choice, but if they prefer to feed in the middle of a cubicle farm as long as company policy does not force them who gives a rats.
After observing my sons growing up, I'm surprised we've lasted this long.
And how do they compare to you at that age? I'm very pleased and grateful that Ledswinger Jr. is actually a far more mature, worldly wise, considerate, harder working, less risk-taking animal than I was at his age. The soap-aversion is just the same, mind you.
TBF, if the room wasn't being used for its intended purpose and no-one was likely to do so for the time, why not use it for meditation. The guy is a DB to be sure, but I think this is just slow-news-day material.
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Nothing but cheap TITilaton for the already-howling*-readers, really.
* And rightly so, though for better reasons than this.
I agree it's probably not significant, but it sends the wrong messages. Presumably he already has an office and a PA, to ensure he's not disturbed. Is meditating on company time a perk for everyone at Uber? And can anyone at Uber just take over an empty room, denying its use for its intended purpose?
I have nothing against the concept of a lactation room, i am wondering just how many new mothers are working in an office for this to be a good use of space.
"He only used it because we haven't got meditation rooms yet".... WTF, no wonder these startups burn through cash so quick. One of these days someone will come up with some crazy idea like a WORK room... maybe they can call it an office.
"I have nothing against the concept of a lactation room, i am wondering just how many new mothers are working in an office for this to be a good use of space.
"He only used it because we haven't got meditation rooms yet".... WTF"
Indeed, it seems a bit odd to have dedicated rooms for all kinds of niche activities. We have a rest/prayer room that is essentially just a multipurpose "If there's some reason you need a room out of the way of everyone else, here it is" room. Presumably if there was constant conflict between milkers and meditators they would try to find space for a second multipurpose room. The idea that a business could have so much spare space that they can have a separate room for every possible activity they can think up is just bizarre.
You're lucky, we have broken seats, not working ones, and often a nasty smell around. I'm sure the meditations rooms for women are better because they are usually far better trained about how to use a meditation room without breaking things and using fittings properly, but I can't check personally.
On one level this seems overhyped.
I get all the sexist claims that have already been made, but as the article says, the room was empty at the time.
It doesn't say if he blocked anyone else from coming in and turfing him out. If that is the case, this reads a lot like "man uses vacant room"
If he did inconvenience others by being there - fair enough.
It doesn't say if he blocked anyone else from coming in and turfing him out. If that is the case, this reads a lot like "man uses vacant room"If he did inconvenience others by being there - fair enough.
Would you feel comfortable turfing your CEO out of a room? If half of what you hear about Uber is true then it could even be "career limiting".
Without reference to any particular case...
> Would you feel comfortable turfing your CEO out of a room?
... if the CEO is not supposed to be there, by all means.
> If half of what you hear about Uber is true then it could even be "career limiting".
Bullies tend to behave in a very obsequious manner towards assertive people, they only prey on the insecure (not accusing someone I have never met of being a bully, just a general observation).
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