- kind working team… genuine and authentic - incredibly smart and thoughtful people at all levels, on most teams - interesting opportunity space with tangible problems to solve and high potential for innovation - thoughtful focus on customers/users on most teams, with more and more company investment in how to do this effectively - recent investments in strategically aligning the organization and creating clarity in operations to support initiatives are beginning to help
Executives and senior leaders are terrible at investing in, growing and empowering the leaders under them, rather than holding them accountable and valuing their expertise and insights, they tend to bottleneck, micromanage and ignore the smart and thoughtful people they have hired. This has a three fold effect of eroding confidence in leadership overall, alienating working teams, and causing a culture of distrust, speculation and poor communication. Because everyone is “so nice”, and leadership is taking the tactic of micromanaging, a lot of things that could be worked through are left unsaid, and candor is absent at all levels. If Lyft can rightsize the above, by working with their leaders rather than around them; and investing in more leaders that are held accountable to contribute, drive, communicate and deliver …it will absolutely find itself on the right path.
Had an interesting conversation with a Lyft driver during a trip. Lyft charged me $63 dollars, the moment I jumped into the car, the Lyft driver started complaining the trip can barely cover his cost. He showed me Lyft only paid him $27 dollars. I was really surprised how much commissions UBER and L...Read more
I have an idea I’ve been thinking out but I need to know a few things. If you know driver data, you effectively know Lyft and Uber’s earnings report. This should also apply to Postmates and DoorDash. How accurate is this statement? Uber is a bit more diversified but Lyft isn’t. -How much do Lyft an...Read more
To Beat Uber And Lyft, This Startup Vows To Give Its Drivers The Full Fare Nomad Rides says its platform charges riders 20% less while drivers earn 20% more, paying Nomad a flat monthly subscription—currently, $25 per month. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2019/08/22/nomad-rides-commission...Read more
After a contentious public hearing with hours of public comment, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday authorized Cruise and Waymo to begin offering paid rides to the public at all hours of the day and across San Francisco. The historic decision makes San Francisco the first...Read more
Any thoughts on a business model where you buy a few cheap cars (sub $15K that can go for another 100K miles) and then hire minimum wage drivers make profits? Drivers have to hit certain number to earn additional commission. Win win for drivers who can't afford to lease or but car and for the inves...Read more
Landed in NYC and took a cab ride from JFK. Paid $77 for the ride. Much faster than Lyft in securing a ride, but also way more expensive. Started talking to the driver who went on a rant about how much Uber takes and how little he receives. I always thought it was 30% and blurted it out. This only...Read more
Hello everyone 👋🏻, my employment with my current employer in the US came to an abrupt end due to a visa issue. I am planning to avail the HPI visa and move to the UK. I am seeking product, strategy and architecture roles in tech companies. I would appreciate any lead or referral from the communit...Read more
Are there any USA based tech commission which are opening offices/ launching in India (for development work)? Also company culture, funding, work feedback is appreciated. Can also suggest companies which started last year or so. Will keep editing the post to make complete list. 1. Clipboard heal...Read more
Hello fellow techies I am a software engineer just completed 1 year at Meta and got laid of on 9th November. I am based out of Vancouver Canada. TC : ~ 200k U$ ( at time of joining it was 280k) Level: E5 YoE: 8.5 I am a PR so no visa issue Options: 1. Google offer ( L4 valid from last year ~ 160k...Read more
Warning: long post. TL;DR; at the bottom. (*In Blind mobile app, only the first half of contents are shown because the post is too long. The second half has been added in the comments section. There is no issue reading this in desktop browser from teamblind website.) I started prepping for intervie...Read more