Uber reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(16,283 total reviews)
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Dara Khosrowshahi

71% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Uber has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 16,283 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
3.0
Oct 5, 2015

It is not what it claims to be.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

As a researcher I come to discover that Uber has a lousy customer service related to the partners. Uber Support team is very narrow minded since I have personally witnessed drivers being treated with disdain as the best way for Uber to “allegedly” support their riders. I long for the day when no one would want to drive for Uber anymore unless Uber shows respect and add to the values to their partners. Drivers are the faces that riders see not the $55 Billion team sitting in the crystal tower with more lawyers than the American Bar Association. Not being honest with the drivers/partners is sending a message from corporate that this is how the game is played, therefore the driver passes this subtitle along to the rider and oftentimes unconsciously. For example Uber claims in a document published on January 30, 2015 that drivers will be charged 20% for UberX and 28% UberXL request and an additional $1 safe ride fee. Those fee seemed to have been acceptable but after April 12, 2015 Uber started charging more without notice.

Cons

Uber office workers treat drivers with disdain. Drivers are being treated as a number. Even unruly and drunk Riders are given options to rate drivers. Uber's Owners are very arongant

4.0
Sep 17, 2015
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Pros

I work with the most intelligent, fun, interesting colleagues, I love what I do, and I feel very invested in our mission!

Cons

I work all the time and it never ends! I rarely leave before 8pm and always have a bit to do on the weekends. It feels like I can never quite catch up - but at the same time I love it, so it's cool :)

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Uber Response
10y
Thanks for your feedback and the kind words. No one wants you to over do it! Take a beat and work with your manager if you think things are getting out of hand. You're obviously very motivated, but we don't want you to burn out.
2.0
Aug 22, 2015

Former Community Manager on the East Coast

Anonymous employee
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Pros

• Amazing, smart, fun coworkers • You can be creative in terms of how you go about your job • Meritocracy for the most part • Organized and efficient overall • You can work from anywhere... you have a home base office but if you're traveling, you can work from that Uber office. They don't care what you do as long as you get your work done. • Hipchat makes it easy to stay in touch with colleagues all over the country

Cons

• Very stressful • Long hours • You work evenings, weekends, and holidays • Constant metrics-based evaluation means you're always thinking about the next thing • Hard to wait on stuff from the Design team, which is at HQ so if you're in an office that's not there, you feel like you're blind and dependent on them

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Uber Response
10y
Thanks for this feedback, I see that you've left the company but I'm going to bring this review to the attention of HR. It's got some great insights into remote work / satellite offices. -Andrew
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