Employees petition Uber for Kalanick to return as Travis 2.0

Employees at Uber have signed a petition demanding Travis Kalanick be recalled as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company.

Kalanick recently resigned his CEO position at Uber this week after pressure from major investors following the release of a report on Uber’s internal culture and a seemingly endless series of scandals.

More than 1,000 current Uber employees signed the petition demanding the board reinstate Kalanick despite the overwhelming evidence that he needed to go.

According to screenshots obtained by BuzzFeed, the petition says employees “need to revolt this” and that Kalanick was an “inspiration” who can “come back strong as Travis 2.0”.

Recode reports that the petition says the board must “hear from Uber employees that it’s made the wrong decision in pressuring Travis to leave and that he should be reinstated in an operational role”.

Since Kalanick’s resignation, there has been a predictable outpouring of support from Kalanick’s allies, essentially arguing that Kalanick’s “hard work” made up for the whole “allowing a culture of sexual harassment to flourish” accusations.