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it looks like uber might finally be taking harassment seriously over 50 over staffers were penalized amid an investigation into the company's corporate culture 20 employees were fired an additional 31 were put into counseling or training and another 7 were issued written warnings over 12,000 people work for the ride-hailing company and these firings follow multiple reports of different types of harassment this past February one former engineer wrote a blog stating she was sexually harassed during her time at uber and that HR did nothing when she reported the unwanted behavior after that post went viral multiple stories began popping up on the internet about toxic workplace culture at uber prompting the company to start an internal investigation into the claims uber hired law firm Perkins koey to consult on its own investigation and these firings are the result of those recommendations uber has also hired former US Attorney General Eric Holder and his law firm to conduct an independent investigation into the claims and the company's work culture but those findings have not yet been made public Uber's PR team tweeted about its actions offering some insight into the claims and a spokesperson for Perkins Co he said it quote never comments on ongoing client matters unquote of the claims investigated this time around 57 are still under investigation so it's possible we'll see even more employees dismissed in the future for cnet.com I'm ashley Esqueda be good humans