Uber

Hard to Imagine A More Unpleasant Place to Work - Software Engineer Uber Employee Review

1.0

31 Jul 2016

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Work with some very brilliant people. - Opportunity to learn a lot about software design, data analytics, marketing, biz dev etc. - Center of attention at cocktail parties since you are working at the hottest company in the world.

Cons

- Ultra-aggressive deadlines, cumbersome processes, and huge workload. - Daily firing (stack ranking and constantly letting "bottom performers" go) - Terrible place for new grads as there are no grace periods to ramp up or learn. Many let go after just two months. - Offers no longer competitive with many established companies when one considers the misleading nature of the preferred share prices. - Incredible amounts of politics (company culture encourages back-stabbing amongst colleagues) - Company lies to recruits (stating huge bonuses, using preferred share prices to calculate equity compensation, promises for quick promotion, etc). - Bad food with dinner served at 8:15. - Firing people right before their stock vest cliff. - Equity won't be liquid for a long time, if ever. - Highly stressful environment.

Uber Response

Thanks for taking the time to write up this review. I'm sorry you've had less than an ideal experience at Uber and I appreciate the specific feedback you've provided. I'd love to set up a confidential conversation to chat about specific actions we can take as a company to make Uber a better place to work. If you're willing, I'd really appreciate it. Please reach out, and thanks again: pierce@uber.com.

Hard to Imagine A More Unpleasant Place to Work - Software Engineer Uber Employee Review

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