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Uber Acquisition
- Post acquisition by Uber Just got an offer from Drizly. They got acquired a month ago by Uber, and they say they can't include the amount of RSU in the offer letter since the acquisition is not complete, will tell me after 45 days. I really can't make a decision since without knowing about the RSU :/ Question for previous a
- Uber Eats India acquisition - discuss Zomato, one of the largest food apps in India, announced today that it has acquired Uber’s food delivery business in India in an all-stock transaction, which gives Uber 9.99% ownership in Zomato. what is zomato’s latest valuation like ? P.S. Uber Eats in India will discontinue operations and direc
- Uber layoff and Grubhub Acquisition How come Uber has money to buy Grubhub but can’t keep their own ppl and their own house in tact. Of course there will be a lot fundamental details I might be missing, but how about keeping their own family safe and free of concern first and then going after acquisitions. very sorry to hear the new
- link Uber all stock acquisition of GrubHub Warren Buffet isn't a fan of the method. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/25/schwab-just-broke-one-of-warren-buffetts-rules-about-acquisitions.html
- What is up with Uber’s acquisitions? Didn’t they just run Postmates into the ground? Now Uber is spending 2B+ on freight #uber #lyft
- vote Who is most likely to acquire DoorDash? If you read a headline “doordash being acquired” which company would you assume was the buyer #Doordash #uber #square #google #amazon #tech #acquisition
- link Congrats Postmates! Congrats! https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2020/Uber-Completes-Acquisition-of-Postmates/default.aspx Hope everything worked out for you in terms of transition as well as stock payday :) #postmates #uber #acquisition
- $72 in promo codes for Postmates for free - you’re welcome :) “savings” “eatup” “time4food” “savings15” guessing this is because the uber eats acquisition? you’re welcome #delivery
- Uber trading halted? Pending news. The NYSE just halted trading for Uber stock because of pending news. Any speculation? Acquisition? Merger?
- link Timeline of Otto / Uber events http://www.businessinsider.com/timeline-of-uber-otto-acquisition-2017-2/
- Drizly, Postmates, Cornershop: What is an Uber aquisition like? Drizly is slowly walking into Uber acquisition. What can ICs expect?
- link Postmates on sale? https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/recode/2019/7/11/20688108/postmates-acquisition-ipo-doordash-walmart-uber
- Uber stock In the last 2.5 years since IPO, Uber stock is still down 25%. The market cap after billions of dollars of acquisitions is $75B. Doordash closed at $65B market cap today. Did Uber’s strategy of jack of all trades master of none fail on itself? Uber has several business lines and trades just $10B ov
- How is Aurora nowadays? Looking into SDV companies and was wondering how Aurora was doing after Uber ATG acquisition. Is there a clear mission? How’s the work/life balance/ team culture etc.
- How is Uber in 2021 (SWE/Product)? What's it like working at Uber nowadays? 2020 was a big shakeup for Uber due to mass layoffs, doubling down on Eats, Postmates acquisition, and the axing of ATG and other divisions. Dara also should have had enough time by now to sink his claws in and remove Travis's traces from Uber. YOE: intern
- vote Rate my 4 offers Please help rate my offer. I was offered a fulltime position at Uber as part of the acquisition but I also have 3 offers from other companies currently in consideration. Uber’s offer is the lowest (same as my current Postmates comp). I’m factoring TC and brand recognition of the company for any de
- What is Uber TAAP? It's listed as the division under a bunch of their job postings. TAAP Core, TAAP Mobility. All I could get out of Google is it stands for "Talent Acquisition Academy Program." Do teams in this org have the same growth/opportunities as others at Uber? Specifically for SWE's. #uber #swe #ubertaap
- Company is being acquired, do I get new RSU package? The company I am now working for is being acquired by Uber. Being that my options won’t be worth too much after the acquisition, I’m wondering if upon being absorbed into Uber, will we get a new RSU 4 year package? Our company mentioned at one point that our compensations will align with Uber’s, so
- Postmates to Uber RSU offer Question for engineers at Postmates: How much RSU did you get offered with the transition to Uber? Was it comparable to what is median RSU for Uber’s new employees at your level? (in levels.fyi) Asking since I’m considering to join Drizly which was recently acquired by Uber, but the offer says that
- Accelerate vesting by 1 year on exit/IPO event? Last pre-IPO company I worked for accelerated vesting by 1 year on exit event (acquisition or IPO) Do companies still do this in offers? What about the big pre-IPO companies like Uber and Airbnb?
- Comp expectations for staff engineer at uber I'm an IC 6 at Oracle, been here at that level for ~3.5 years, had joined through an acquisition . I had a really great onsite round recently and expecting an offer ... any guidelines on what to expect? I know there was a recent comp adjustment /rethink at Uber ... I'll appreciate any insights. Than
- What do Lyft PMs do? I haven't seen Lyft making any big product innovation in the past 5 years. 1. Ride share experience remains unchanged. Their Lyft Line and safety features are Uber copycats. 2. Bicycles and scooters don't count because that was through acquisition. 3. Let's be honest. No one uses Lyft to look up
- vote Rate my offer: Uber or Thumbtack Hi blind! Want to get advice on which offer I should take. I got an offer a fulltime offer at Uber as part of the acquisition of Postmates, but also have an offer from Thumbtack. Financially Thumbtacks offer makes more sense but I wonder if Uber’s name carries more weight in the long term for career
- vote Dropbox vs Uber Senior engineer at both these companies. TC is similar. Both around 500k Dropbox pros: seems extremely employee friendly with great wlb And the benefits are awesome They’re going after Docusign, which is a huge business with great margins so the company looks quite enticing Cons: they need to exe
- vote Postmates X (Uber ATG) vs Google I have two offers, TC is similar (using a 3 to 1 Postmates to Uber RSU conversion ratio which the recruiter said to expect). Postmates base is higher, Google RSUs and bonus are higher. Starting offer is ~215 for both without negotiation yet. I think I could push G harder than P, but looking for othe
- How is it over at Lyft? Out of curiosity, I wonder if Lyft employees struggle with the same challenges as Uber employees. Our Blind posts are typically about high attrition, share price, weak leadership, regulatory headwinds, and underperforming acquisitions. Maybe these are some things all tech employees complain about.
- link Salary adjustment after acquisition I currently have two offers, one from a startup that just got acquired by Uber, I really like this company but the salary is about $20k lower than my other offer. I see that compared to Uber salaries on level.fyi and glassdoor, this offer is much lower, and I'm torn in between and need help. Do y'a
- Will you join DoorDash today? Specially after Uber+GH news? My previous EM went there and has reached out. I don't want to prep and go through the interview to not be excited. Per him: - business is looking really good. - Unit economics look good and company will IPO soon. - He snagged a solid offer (don't know the details) - they need my skillset to sca
- Elimination of QE role, growing trend in SF Bay Area software industry I heard that facebook, airbnb, uber already dont have qe/sdet positions and recently LinkedIn (following Microsoft acquisition) is doing the same. Is this the future of the industry where there will be dedicated tools team, bunch of domain expert quality guys who have basic understanding of coding a
- Seeking Referrals Looking for referrals to any tech companies for Talent Acquisition/Technical Recruiter roles. YOE: 7 (6 years at a #BAT company [Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent] and 1 year at a global logistics company) My contract is up and I’m not renewing as I want to get back into tech recruiting. Thanks! #recruiti
- My time is coming to an end. Where should i look next? My time at Yahoo has been.... interesting. I came in as an acquisition and its been a complete cluster****. So I'm looking for my next adventure. Only requirements is that it's in SF at this point. Talking to a friend at Uber tomorrow. Probably a good idea to avoid Twitter at this point. Also th
- Aurora acquired Uber ATG It's so funny to think.. ATG acquired Otto long back. Actually Otto's business model is much better than ATG. With lot of negative rumors about ATG capability, eventually it ended up with Aurora and probably would work on trucking again. How is the ATG employees mood ? Unvested RSU converted to Au
- postmates culture so ... what’s up with postmates ... why are their people so hard to work with? is it the acquisition? is everyone there scared/unhappy? my life was amazing until i was tasked with collaborating with those guys. i think they lie just to waste everyone else’s time. and then they expect you to ignore
- link Pre IPO startups are Overrated? 80% of the startups will fail to succeed in a lucrative manner, No IPO or acquisition. Failure Rates VC funded : 75% Series B+ : Startups 80% Unicorns(Billion$ valuation): > 90% The ones which do IPO, C3.ai Robinhood Uber* Lyft* Coupang Compass Poshmark Blend labs Lemonade There are success s
- link Uber at its best Three days after Levandowski left, Uber's lawyers were discussing potential legal issues around buying Levandowski's yet-to-be launched firm, according to discovery discussions for the case. During the hearing, which began with dry descriptions of laser patents and ended with testy confrontations b
- Referral Request Hi Blind Community, Looking for referrals to FAANGMULA+ or Unicorns. All of my experience is in marketing. Mostly on growth and acquisition. I've worked at a cloud kitchen startup and am currently in B2B SaaS. TC: 80K YOE: 3.5 Feel free to drop a comment and I can DM you my info and the role I'm
- Layoff - Looking for references I lost my job on 1/11 as a result of layoff due to company acquisition. I am on H1B. I have an offer with a start date of 1/25 but I am actively looking for better opportunities and just having one offer scares me. I have interview calls from Walmart, Uber and GS, Uber ghosted after screening past
- link Uber layoffs confirmed for tomorrow, thousands to lose jobs, including ATG eng. group https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-layoffs-another-round-of-thousands-cut-on-monday-source-2020-5 Uber is expected to begin another round of layoffs on Monday, a source with knowledge of the situation tells Business Insider. Business Insider could not confirm the number of people that will be l
- Looking for Tech Referral Hello Blinders, Blind newbie here looking to get into tech. After 16 years of public service (6.5 years with current group), I think it's time to move. I’m looking to be further challenged and growth. I work for a highly visible innovative group, that’s received many accolades and set standards for
- vote Biggest loser of 2020 Candidates are 1. Airbnb. They overreacted during the pandemic, sold their equity at a fire sale, laid off 25% of their employees and then rehired some of them a month later, and didn’t go IPO when they could at a hefty valuation. Now they are trying to go IPO in a middle of a pandemic when traveli
- Doordash: Tale of David to Goliath Doordash went public at $50 billion+ valuation last week. The craziest part? It is it is likely a bargain. Time for a post. 1) Some history: Doordash was founded in 2013 by Tony Xu, Evan Moore, Andy Fang and Stanley Tang. At that time it was known as Palo Alto Delivery service. 2) From the begin
- vote Unicorn that can make you unicorn Uber, Lyft, Airbnb may go IPO soon, sometimes I feel these are over valued and risky to join at this point. What are your thoughts? UBER: Eats is really not a big mover, self driving takes years to become main stream, say 3 years. So this is a super long game even if they IPO in 2019. Lyft: fierce
- Uber Referral Hello all! I came across a tech position at Uber that matches with my qualifications and YoE needed. I would greatly appreciate if someone could provide me a referral. Looking to move ASAP because of the terrible company culture where senior colleagues with huge dependency are not questioned when th
- Laid off - How to Address in Resume + Interview So I am one of the folks affected at the Avvo acquisition by Internet Brands (so I was laid off and not fired). I am non-tech. Curious what recommendations everyone has (especially recruiting folks) in terms of handling a layoffs and applying for new jobs. Given the whole Uber situation in the new
- Is now the time to make a change!? Hello, Looking to get some advice on some what could potentially be my next career move. I have about 10 years of sales experience. Been with my current employer for 6 years. 5 years in management, promoted many times and have experience in multiple departments and helped my previous company durin
- How Lyft’s Missteps Killed its Chances of Overtaking Uber Article: I If there were ever a time when Lyft had a chance to catch up with Uber, it was last year. A constant barrage of negative publicity, including a #deleteUber social media movement, offered Lyft a gift in terms of picking up business. But while Lyft made some gains, it still finished the ye
- vote Best "appointed" CEO Let's talk about the CEO's that don't have ownership control of the company. Some thoughts: * Tim Cook - Many people thought that he was just an operations guy and Apple would fall once the visionary Jobs is gone. But Apple scaled new highs under his leadership. * Satya Nadella - Microsoft was tho
- WTF happened with Workrise My thoughts on the overall company history, internal fuckery, and speculations that led up to yesterday’s massive layoff. I can only speculate based on what I know and I don’t have all the details or even complete history, but I’ll try… Let’s start at the beginning: RigUp was focused on oil and ga
- link Grubhub has MASSIVE potential for a big payout DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A GUIDE FOR HOW YOU CHOOSE TO INVEST OR THE CAREER DECISIONS YOU MAKE THIS PRESENTATION IS THE REASON I AM BULLISH: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c13f4c6e17ba3aca12b9686/t/618b3d9d89755c08ab3bc41d/1636515230864/Cat+Rock+Capital+Presentation+on+Just+Eat+Takeaway.com+1
- Truth about paper money This is why you should not compare FANG RSU with paper money "Lyft’s valuation rocketed by more than 400% between early 2015 and June of this year, to $15.1 billion from about $2.7 billion, but its share price rose by less than half of that, 143%." "But existing investors—including employees—only