Uber

Taking steps to do the right things.

No haggling salaries. Equal pay based on title, years of experience, and education, not gender, previous pay, etc.

Interesting problems to solve.

A learning environment with many infrastructure technologies from in-house and open source.

Well-meaning and smart co-workers.

Celebrate diversity of backgrounds and individuality, including LGBTQ+.

CEO setting a positive culture by example.

Negative press / in the spotlight.

Retention of tenured employees looking for the next hot startup.

Treating contractors as second-class citizens.

Keep doing what you're doing. Communication and being open is key.

Increase gender and minority diversity in engineering.

Work towards inclusion, not exclusion. Remove barriers between FTEs and contractors. Everyone is part of the success.