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Super positive attitude, with world-changing vision

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Uber for 1 year
May 21, 2018
San Francisco, California
5.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Intentional, planned, positive culture.

The people on my team have been really inclusive.

People are really proactive and helpful.

Pay is really good. Equity is really good.

Lots of opportunities to get involved in interesting and important projects outside basic in-team project work.

There's a big focus on contributing back to society.

Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and an amazing variety of snacks are provided, as are heaps of drinks, including beer in the evening.

Dara's leadership is great.

"Unlimited" vacation time and a really flexible work/life balance.

Cons

When being a small part of a big machine, some of the work can be relatively tedious.

The learning curve is really steep in a company with so many services and so much history.

There's quite a bit of complaining over trivialities.

Lack of effective ability to debug code due to a high number of systems.

Some people focus on vesting and then moving on.

Public perception, even within the Silicon Valley tech community.

Advice to Management

I think people's criticism of the food is ridiculous, but if so many people keep going on about it, maybe try to address the concerns.

We need to, and I think we have started, get on the front foot around privacy from the civil liberties perspective, not just to comply with imposed regulations.

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