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      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

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      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
      1.0
      Jul 31, 2016

      Hard to Imagine A More Unpleasant Place to Work

      Software engineer
      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.

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      Uber Response
      9y
      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.
      1.0
      Mar 11, 2016

      It's going to get worse

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      When I joined a year back, there were quality people with a mission. There was excitement in the work. People who did well got the praises on their own without politics playing any role in it. Free food and drinks all throughout the day.

      Cons

      All the pros mentioned above are old story. The food quality has gone from bad to worse and it's not even edible anymore. Uber has hired people left, right and center. Managers hire people from their previous companies, either peers or reports, so that they have people to support them. Almost all the managers and higher management guys are super selfish and arrogant. NOBODY thinks about advancing their reports and taking their team together with them. This is what happens when you hire people who have never managed a single person or people who already have a bad reputation at their previous companies and to them, joining Uber seemed a great way to start from a clean slate. Employees are being fed BS by their managers when they ask questions. Loads of politics has just crept into everything and the work culture here sucks. It will not be surprising if they find their talented engineers looking for opportunities outside the company. It's not the same anymore. I really hoped this was it for me, but apparently it's not.

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      Uber Response
      10y
      Thank you for your honesty. From an HR perspective, the biggest areas of opporutnity this year is around team and manager development and effectiveness. You raise some serious points -- if you're willing to dig in more on your experience offline I'm happy to pass your feedback and suggestions anonymously up the chain. -Andrew, alevy@uber.com
      5.0
      Jun 19, 2015

      Rocket Ship

      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Super talented people are flocking to Uber from the Bay Area's top tech companies - Things move so much faster here than anywhere else I've worked - you'll be able to get much more done - Legitimately changing the world

      Cons

      - Long hours (but if they feel like work, you're doing something wrong)

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      Uber Response
      10y
      Keep fighting the good fight! We couldn't agree more.
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