Uber

First and foremost, I truly believe in Uber's mission and have a deep conviction of the good that Uber is bringing to society. This gives me a tremendous deal of satisfaction. By disrupting the monopolistic taxi industry, Uber is making transportation more efficient and bringing value to:

• The drivers, who generally have much better pay than driving a taxi (because Uber gives drivers a larger cut of the fare than a taxi company would, and because Uber makes rides more efficient so that drivers have less downtime and thus more trips). The drivers would also enjoy flexible hours and being their own boss (interestingly, this is consistently the #1 reason why drivers love Uber, at least from my personal experiences talking with dozens of drivers).
• The riders, by giving them much better riding experiences (courteous and friendly drivers, cleaner cars, convenience in hailing a car, great customer service), as well as cheaper rides.
• The society, by making more jobs (we are creating 50,000 jobs a month across the globe) and taking inefficiencies out of our economy.
• The environment, by reducing the need for self-driving and car ownership, and encouraging ride sharing. Uber could make a potentially very large impact on our environment.

Second, the reason why I love working for Uber is the people I work with. I am fortunate enough to be working in a team with both great leadership and great colleagues. Here, we really work as a team. Everyone is very talented, works hard, and helps each other, and we learn from each other and grow.

And from what I know, this is not true of our team only but a general culture across the entire company – you don't get this everywhere.

Last but not least, I am also fortunate enough to be working on a problem that's both technically/intellectually challenging, as well as contributing tremendously to Uber's business bottom line. Being able to see our work make a real business impact gives me a lot of satisfaction working here.

Being a relatively young company that grows exponentially fast, we do have to work pretty long hours.

Personally, I don't mind, as I really love this company and I voluntarily work after I get home and on weekends too. I think this is just part of working for a start-up company one truly loves.

There is a great deal of misunderstanding of Uber in the public arena. We have to do a better job of communicating to the public. I am doing a small part here myself by writing this review on Glassdoor.