But one particular comment made it clear that even the board has some work to do when it comes to its own sexist points of view.
During the all-hands meeting, Arianna Huffington excitedly announced that Wan Ling Mortello was joining the board. Uber employees, in turn, appropriately applauded the news that women would go from 14% of Uber’s board makeup to 25%.
That’s when things became awkward, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by Yahoo Finance.
“There’s a lot of data that shows when there’s one woman on the board it’s much more likely that there will be a second woman on the board,” Huffington said.
“Actually, what it shows is that it’s much more likely to be more talking,” said David Bonderman, a director at TPG Capital and another board member.
Huffington laughed awkwardly — the rest of the room remained silent — before saying “Ohh come on David.”
The next thirty minutes of the Uber all-hands meeting continued to address a 13-page report filled with 47 recommendations on how Uber could fix its own internal culture problems.
Bonderman later apologized for the “disrespectful remark” in a statement provided to Business Insider.
“I want to apologize to my fellow board member for a disrespectful comment that was directed at her during today’s discussion. It was inappropriate. I also want to apologize to all Uber employees who were offended by the remark. I deeply regret it.”
You can listen to the full audio here — Bonderman’s bad joke begins at 6:40.
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