Uber reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(16,230 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 16,230 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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5.0
Oct 27, 2014
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Pros

Working at Uber is really fulfilling. We work on hard and interesting problems, the company is extremely flat so everyone has a voice and can bring ideas to execute on. Every single employee is smart and extremely passionate about the business, which makes the work environment amazingly motivating and energizing. It offers amazing career opportunity for everyone. Free Uber and other perks are also nice obviously.

Cons

This is the fastest growing company, ever. So obviously being in that hyper growth phase, you need to work a lot of hours, but I've seen a worst.

5.0
Oct 27, 2014
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Pros

Startups love to talk about how they're 'killing it', even though usually they're just struggling to survive to their next round of funding. The focus on Uber isn't on 'killing it', everyone knows we're already doing that; we want to know what we can do to kill it faster. Compensation is extremely competitive, and includes something that no other company can offer: equity in one of the fastest growing companies in history. Even now, Uber is out of its infancy and continuing to double revenues every six months. Transparency within the company is a big part of our culture. There's a weekly meeting where anyone in the company can ask the CEO a question and get an honest/unfiltered response. You get to work with a lot of extremely talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds. I've met people at HQ from six different continents, and I'm currently the only male engineer on my team. Diversity is a common buzzword these days, but at a company as small and simultaneously global as Uber it's also a reality.

Cons

The company is growing extremely fast; sometimes there are more people than desks and working arrangements can get very... 'cozy'. With that growth comes lots of change, and you will feel very uncomfortable if you are used to being in a predictable environment. Work/life balance may be a deal breaker for some. We're trying to grow the team as fast as the number of problems we're facing is growing, but sometimes the latter outpaces the former and the days can get very long, but the work is usually still exiting. I've never been told to work on a weekend, but I have voluntarily spent a few at the office building something I wanted to make.

5.0
Oct 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Fast paced. We move really fast and fix things all the time. -As an Engineer I'm able to drive a lot of product directions, basically being a mini-PM, which I personally enjoy very much. -Probably best startup in the valley right now in terms of growth rate. I really believe Uber will hit it big.

Cons

-Food is not the best -We work really hard, so had to cut down some time spent with family. I'd say there's still work life balance though.

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