Uber

• Work with some very brilliant people.
• Opportunity to learn a lot about software design, data analytics, marketing, biz dev, etc.
• Center of attention at cocktail parties since you are working at the hottest company in the world.

Ultra-aggressive deadlines, cumbersome processes, and huge workload.

Daily firing (stack ranking and constantly letting "bottom performers" go).

Terrible place for new grads as there are no grace periods to ramp up or learn. Many are let go after just two months.

Offers are no longer competitive with many established companies when one considers the misleading nature of the preferred share prices.

Incredible amounts of politics (company culture encourages back-stabbing amongst colleagues).

Company lies to recruits (stating huge bonuses, using preferred share prices to calculate equity compensation, promises for quick promotion, etc.).

Bad food with dinner served at 8:15.

Firing people right before their stock vest cliff.

Equity won't be liquid for a long time, if ever.

Highly stressful environment.

• Growth hides all problems, but once things slow down or the company goes IPO, there will be a mass exodus.
• The majority of leadership are clueless, especially many of the middle managers.