That's a damning accusation, given the proof Google has collected, and it comes at a time when Uber scarcely needs more bad news. The company was hammered earlier this week by robust and documented incidents of sexual harassment (Opens in a new window) by Susan J. Fowler, a former Uber employee. In her post, she documents an HR department that repeatedly told her it would not discipline employees for sexual harassment because they were too important to the company. The post alarmed Travis Kalanick, Uber's CEO and co-founder, who immediately vowed to investigate the problem. The company is using its own employees to conduct the investigation, rather than relying on an outside, impartial investigator, and investors have already criticized (Opens in a new window) the company for this strategy. It's also faced blowback for its privacy-invading updates and its habit of tracking people after they leave their vehicles for more than the few seconds it claims to monitor.