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Great learning opportunity, but the organization suffocates individuals under its weight

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Uber for 2 years
March 11, 2018
Amsterdam, North Holland
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Great learning opportunity.

Following best practices in both code and management.

Free lunch.

Co-workers are true professionals that care about the quality of their craftsmanship.

Code is written well and generally of high quality.

Cons

Overly bureaucratic, even if superficially pretending to be casual. Said to still possess the startup culture - utter BS.

Promo process so heavy and bureaucratic that it's easier to quit and come back re-evaluated.

Not a place for loners, introverts, and quiet people. So much insistence on constant communication, documentation, meetings, syncing, retrospectives, 1:1s, all-hands, RFC reviewing, to the point where it's hard to just sit in peace and do some actual coding.

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