Uber

I work on the Growth team at Uber. I joined two and a half weeks ago, and it was a great move thus far.

1. You're working on a product that a lot of people in San Francisco use. In fact, your close friends all use the product.

2. Management (upper and lower-level) is very direct about everything, which minimizes the likelihood of politics. Most other people (afaik) at the company do care about their careers, but they care way more about Uber succeeding.

3. Very talented frontend and backend developers whom you can learn a great deal from. People spend most of their time trying to learn more and doing their jobs better.

4. The company is not risk-averse and is good at taking calculated risks in the market. In that sense, the company still operates like a startup and is in a "swing for the fences" mode. This makes life at the company exciting.

5. I feel like my manager and skip-level manager both genuinely try to do what's best for:

6. the company

7. the team

8. their own personal satisfaction

9. their own career ambitions

...in that order. It's good to feel that way about a company. 6. Not sure about the rest of the company, but on the Growth team, there's a great deal of humility. People are honest when they don't know about something and are eager to ask questions.

1. I think the benefits could be a little more competitive with other companies. At the place I came from prior, I was able to get health care for my dad. The gym subsidy was higher (I end up going to the same gym as before, and my prior employer just paid the gym directly), and the food was a little better. Also, we had a shuttle that picked me up directly from where I lived. Definitely not the most important thing.