WSJ Tech News Briefing

Away Chief Steph Korey Reverses Resignation

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12:51 | Jan 14th, 2020

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After an explosive report from The Verge detailing a "toxic" workplace at Away, Co-founder and CEO Steph Korey resigned. But now, just a few weeks later, she's reversing course. Columnist John Stoll j...Show More


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aliceko recommended:Jan 15th, 2020

What?! I was shocked by this announcement. I'm really interested to see how this 'reversal' of 'company founder leaving amid social media backlash' is going to impact the tech industry going forward. Should founders be executives? Should 'co-ceo' be more of a thing? Can founders be the only ones to ...Show More

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mm recommended:Jan 18th, 2020

The latest in the Away drama where Steph Korey is now back as co-CEO. Not to diminish Korey’s wrongdoings, but I can’t help but think that folks like Travis Kalanick got away with way more crap before he was finally removed.

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