Uber reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(16,251 total reviews)
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Dara Khosrowshahi

70% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Uber has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 16,251 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Uber employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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16K reviews
2.0
Oct 27, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Everyone is super smart and things get done very quickly.

Cons

Uber is an aggressive company - all that matters is results, no matter how you get there. Work 70 hours, step on toes, doesn't matter. There is NO training. If you're new, you have to figure everything out, and if you mess up, you get blamed. There is a common practice of firing people after 2 months if they can't figure things out or keep up. They do NOT give any warnings or feedback, even if you ask for it. Work-life balance is non-existent. I saw 3 people get fired after 2 months for "under-performance." None of them were told specifics except that they were "unfit" to be at Uber and today was their last day. No questions, and they couldn't even go back to collect their belongings. HR also didn't give any explanations other than they had to sign their packages and then immediately leave. The company does NOT care about its employees, only about winning. The culture is one of working too hard and being scared to leave before 6:30pm or doing personal things in case you get in trouble or someone rats you out.

1.0
May 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Staff is hungry and energetic. New realm of possibilities. Not to many pros besides those. Sorry GlassDoor. Hard to make this part at least 20 words.

Cons

Where to start. At the beginning the passion was dripping from every corner because of the idea that this company was trying to fix a broken system (transportation, logistics). That lasted a couple of months. Uber is in all purposes smoke and mirrors. For example all these posts that your reading. Guess what, they are all lies. Uber created them. How do I know? That was our job, to manufacture fake reviews. We had other duties but was told to fit this task between projects. Why do you think my former CEO has a 91% approval rating. It's laughable. It should be near 40% and that's being generous. Elon Musk, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Virginia Rometty, those are great CEO's. Travis Kalanick, Jeff Bezos, the late Steve Jobs. These indivisuals exploit thier most common resourse, the worker. All they care about is the bottom line. Its all about the money. I cant't be part of such a reckless, immature, self centered company. I wouldn't even be a customer. Why would I want any of my hard earned money to go into the pockets of a handful of careless individuals. Because trust me when I tell you that the drivers and my former colleagues do not get compensated very well. The drivers actually net zero profit for what they have to endure. Ever wonder why it cost $9 to go to the airport. Of course you dont because its cheap. Well you should because that driver is probably only making a $1.25 profit off that trip. We are all in this together. We shouldn't be taking advantage of others. But this is our society. Pay $12 for a drink but God forbid your commute home is more the $5.

5.0
Oct 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High standards, but high devotion as well. They're committed to my success as much as they are their own. And man...the workplace perks are a huge plus. Feels like I'm working towards a better future for myself and my city.

Cons

No 401k match. I get it, they want you to invest in the company, but I'd rather have more retirement than snacks and catered food. Probably a minority opinion but still notable.

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