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Things are being fixed. They could and hopefully would be better

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Uber for 1 year
March 21, 2018
San Francisco, California
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

The company still has a lot of potential in terms of business growth. The compensation package for new hires is competitive. Some projects are truly interesting. A lot of things are being fixed. Overall, things are probably better than most other startups in a similar stage.

Cons

Lack of communication inside the company is still a problem, and I don't see it getting fixed any time soon. I do feel that a lot of times, decision-making is pretty much top-down. The onboarding experience needs to be improved a lot. Product goals are not well aligned between different orgs. Overall, I don't feel that a lot of folks care very much about others and what they do.

Upper management is still being stabilized. Some folks who joined 3-4 years ago are leaving, but this situation is understandable and common in startups at this stage.

Advice to Management

An open and broader discussion is badly needed inside the company, instead of just top-down communication (leadership Q&A). It's sad that people have to go to Blind to discuss issues (trust me, most people don't want to go to Blind).

Bring more good people. Aligning product goals across different orgs is also badly needed.

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