Kalanick criticized SVP of Communications Rachel Whetstone

Mike Isaac’s Super Pumped (p. 289) reports Travis Kalanick’s harsh words to SVP of Communications Rachel Whetstone.  Under pressure from video showing Kalanick arguing with a driver, Kalanick sought to hire outside PR advisors, telling Whetstone and a colleague “You two aren’t strategic or creative enough to help us get out of this situation.”  Whetstone and the colleague left the meeting and planned to quit, though others later convinced them to stay.