Uber

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

Free food and drinks all throughout the day.

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 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. 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.

Start thinking about your reports, instead of concentrating on hiring more people to report to you and fighting to climb the management ladder yourself. Care about your employees who have loads of great opportunities to work outside of Uber with a great manager, who helps them advance their careers. If you don't, it's just going to get worse, so have fun losing the talent.