Kleiner’s Pao Admits to Scrapping, Shouting With Co-Workers
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Former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers junior partner Ellen Pao conceded to conflicts with several co-workers as the venture capital firm’s lawyer sought to provide jurors with reasons other than gender bias for her being fired instead of promoted.
Pao described run-ins ranging from reprimanding a secretary who was late for work to leaving a fellow female junior partner in tears after a shouting match. The testimony Wednesday came on Pao’s third day on the witness stand in a San Francisco trial that has put Silicon Valley under scrutiny for its treatment of women.