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Uber Employment
- Drive Uber on H4 EAD Is it possible to drive Uber on H4 EAD? Thinking to do this part time - peak hrs. Note : I am a test eng contractor at Google making $30/hr
- #uber - how good of an employer? Share your insight on culture, stocks, compensation, benefits.
- Uber layoff employe and wants to takeover grubhub What do do guys think about it. Does any company care about employees? Only profile matters.
- link Who is the best employer among Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Uber, Walmart and Bloomberg? https://www.quora.com/Who-is-the-best-employer-among-Google-Facebook-Microsoft-Amazon-Apple-Uber-Walmart-and-Bloomberg-What-is-the-reputation-of-each-of-these-companies Something that may be helpful, since these are the few big companies that are actively hiring. What are your thoughts?
- Are faang engineers more valuable than airbnb or uber in terms of future employment opportunities Given airbnb and uber are not part of faang.
- Uber ATG Spinoff - What happens to ATG employer RSU? I wonder if for the freshly spin-off entity, Uber is converting unvested employee stock to Uber ATG entity’s stock? If so, its a bummer because these employees will now have to wait longer to cash out.
- pros and cons of Front Loaded vesting at Google Google and uber have started offering front loaded vesting where roughly 2/3rds of the initial grant vests in the first two years.(33/33/22/12 vs 25/25/25/25) What do you think the pros and cons of front loaded vesting to employer? From my opinion, pros: 1) minimize the effect of the “4 year cliff
- vote Stay at MS or move to Uber India Current Tc at Microsoft per year - 25L base + 10% avg bonus of base + 8L worth RSU Offered Uber - 42.9L +2.5L(employer PF) + 15L worth RSU + 6L avg performance bonus Should i stay or shift ? Concerned about Wlb at Uber and heard that had fired employees recently about an year ago. MS is my
- vote Is Uber downsizing a proof of AI hype? As you may have heard Uber is cutting 3000 additional jobs, closing 45 offices, and reevaluating many of it's bets. One thing that stood out to the Artificial Intelligence community is the statement that Uber doesn't think AI research is core part of their business. "As part of the latest changes,
- Why so many threads on Uber? And I noticed a few ids such as love and toxicuber constantly bashing their employer (or former employer?), trying hard to convince everyone not to join Uber. Which seems to me that some folks are/were not very happy at Uber, no? But back to my question: why there are so many Uber related discussio
- link Uber engineer got lots of guts Speaking against the employer publicly, got really big balls. Quite commendable actually. Hope his employer doesn’t take actions against him https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/06/im-a-software-engineer-at-uber-im-voting-against-prop-22/
- link Is this True? Smh its becoming so common now😕 https://medium.com/@pajoeguzzardi/uber-is-the-latest-cheap-labor-addicted-employer-to-lay-off-americans-hire-h-1bs-c3cdc8e728a7
- H4 EAD is a bigger scam than H-1B I think H4 EAD is a bigger scam and abused more than H-1B, ppl start day care, consultancies, become Uber drivers, become QAs, why so much restrictions on H-1B and absolutely nothing on H4 EAD?
- Is Uber prestige suffering cause of negative PR? Basically the title. Wondering if i should avoid looking to Uber as next place of employment...
- Best employers in India - min TC 30LPA Looking for employers who pay min TC 30LPA for peeps with ~1YOE (Also not looking for orgs that distinguish based on Uni) My current list so far: ThoughtSpot Rubrik Google Uber Harness Zeta Atlassian Confluent ~Goldman Sachs~ Tax: TC: 🥜 YOE: 1 #hiring #techcareer #engineering #software #swe
- Weird tipping culture in US? 🙄 Hi Why are no-tippers/ low-tippers frowned upon in US? Isn’t it the job of employer to pay their employees well? If I eat at an expensive restaurant as opposed to McD/ Chipotle, i am paying the premium for better food, better service by paying for expensive food. The servers/ waiters at these rest
- vote GTFO notice When do you tell employer you are GTFOing? Uber I see lot of same day notice but thinking if I should be nicer
- Does your company offer HSA contribution? Which companies offer a high deductible health plan with HSA? What's your plan's deductible and monthly employer contribution? Uber: $1,500 deductible, $67.5 monthly employer contribution Particularly curious about Google, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Stripe, and Facebook
- H1B Transfer - Laid off Hello, My H1B was approved under Consular Processing but I'm being let go by Uber. I haven't activated my H1B. Can I use the approval notice with my new employer and transfer my visa? If so, can the new employer file amendment for Change of Status while Transfer? TIA YoE: 2 TC: 100k #severance #la
- vote Uber vs Google Both offers are L4, Seattle Google: Base 169000 Yearly Bonus 25350 Sign on 25000 Rsu 318000 (33,33,22,11) Tc 324k first year, 299 second year Uber: Base 177500 Yearly 23000 Sign on 50000 Rsu 420000 (35,30,20,15) Misc: extra 30K payback for the joining bonus that Ill return to my current employer
- vote Which big tech has the most negative impact? 👿 All big techs have mean streaks, sometimes unintended consequences. My employer will score high for obvious reasons. AirBnB made cities more unaffordable for middle class, Uber squeezes drivers with below minimum wage, Microsoft used to be the big satan taking that over from IBM, Apple and Samsung s
- H1B Transfer to Company B right after joining Company A I’ve left Uber and am starting a new job on Monday but will only be there for a month as I’ve accepted another offer and will begin the H1B transfer for that company. Do I need to provide the paystubs from my new employer for the H1B transfer since I’ll only be there for a month? Or will my Uber H
- vote Can you moonlight? Curious if your employment contracts/ guidelines allowed you to work with tech startups without getting in trouble. @sap @Google @amazon @Microsoft @facebook @uber @engineer @CISO
- vote Take FB offer or stay at Uber i received an offer from Facebook and I’m curious what the hive mind thinks. FB e5 DS offer (195 base, 100 equity, 30k bonus, 50 sign on bonus) v. staying at Uber as an L5a DS (175 base, 129 equity, 30 bonus). I have a masters and 5+ YOE. I’m a high performer at Uber and an unknown quantity at FB.
- vote UBER India vs Razorpay Position: SDE-1 YOE: 1.5 Year- Razorpay: TC First Year: ~28.8L₹(Base+Joining)(All cash for the first year) Total Stocks Offered (Start vesting from 13th month): 18L₹ UBER: TC First Year: ~24.5L₹(Base+employer pf, no joining bonus) + 5.41L₹ Stocks Total Stocks(Start Vesting from 4th month, after p
- Uber 401k Joining Uber soon . I saw that Uber allows both pretax and Roth 401k . Is the limit 18k for both together or for each type of 401k ? Also , folks at Uber , have you approached the HR to support after tax 401k ? MS does it and it’s pretty useful at hopefully no/minimum cost to employer .
- vote What tier is Square? Assuming: Tier 1 - Google, Facebook Tier 2 - LinkedIn, Uber, Lyft, Pinterest, Snap Tier 3 - Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Apple Please correct if the tiering is incorrect. I know the no company is better or worse and work is more important. But perceived prestige is important from employability POV
- vote Do you have to disclose any part time gigs ? Hi I’m considering joining Uber or LinkedIn (no numbers but expecting top of levels.fyi bands) Do we have to disclose side gigs to our employer if we do so ? Let’s say I take a small job on upwork.com do I have to tell my boss at Uber or LinkedIn ? (I do jobs on upwork for fun and learning not fo
- Companies offering Day 1 CPT Did not get selected in the H1B lottery 3 years in a row (special thanks to consultancies gaming the system), and working on F1 STEM OPT with Uber in San Francisco in Data Science. Would like to continue working in the Valley, but Uber doesn't support full time employment on CPT. If you know that yo
- Can Spouse work for a competitor company? Spouse just got an offer for a PM role at DD, while I work for uber as a PM. If one’s spouse picks up a job at arch competitor, do we need to disclose to respective employers & Is this model even allowed?
- vote Title showing culture At Uber, the title of the employees is visible through every platform. Even when you message someone on slack. What pros and cons do you see in this for the employees and employers. Why do you think some companies like Facebook hide the titles? Do you find the title showing culture positive or nega
- ByteDance India Layoff - Kudos to CEO Yimino for handling it really well! Even after getting laid off, all the (now ex) employees of ByteDance India were showering their love on ByteDance for treating them very valuable during their employment. Great to see this positivity. DM me for Uber referrals. #bytedance #india
- Uber background check I'm doing a background check with Uber (using Accurate, in Canada in case this is relevant), and the only info that I was asked to submit was my address history and my IDs. Does that mean they're not checking employment history, or that I'll get a follow up after this is done? Not very stressed abou
- Can I drive Uber while working for Google/Apple/Facebook on a green card ? I got my green card with my employer last year in September. I wanted to know if I can drive Uber while working for any of these tech companies at the same time ? Can anyone help? Any past experiences will surely help. Thanks
- Does Uber revokes i140 after an employee leaves ? Posting in general section to get comments from folks who have already left. I had my i140 approved less than a month ago. My wife just applied for her H4 EAD. I am planning to leave Uber , but don't know if Uber will revoke my i140 , should I stay to complete 180 days just to b careful ?
- link Uber Fined $649 Million for Saying Drivers Aren’t Employees https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/nyregion/uber-new-jersey-drivers.html New Jersey fined Uber $649 Million for Saying Drivers Aren’t Employees. New Jersey has demanded that Uber pay $649 million for years of unpaid employment taxes for its drivers, arguing that the ride-hailing company has misclas
- non compete clause on RSU agreement I was in the interview process of amazon, and I heard that Amazon's employment contract says you can't join Amazon's competitors 18 months after leaving and everyone has to sign to be able to work at Amazon. Does Amazon's RSU agreement also have the non compete clause? What about other companies' p
- offer rescinded by Uber. what happens to Uber H1 petition? Got an offer from Uber. Currently under H1b transfer process. The petition is filed but no receipt yet. Now, Uber rescinded the offer. And say they will contact me once the hiring resumes. I know my H1 with current employer is fine. My question is: what happens to the Uber H1 petiton? Will they re
- Well paying tech jobs in PDX Who are the top paying employers in PDX area? FB has no presence and Google has minimal presence. There isn't any Uber or Lyft or Twitter either. What other options are there if you're looking for a good comp, and not a startup?
- Uber India - quick questions Hi, I have some questions for ex/current uber employees - 1) Is it safe to join uber at these times.(considering COVID as uber india fired 600 employes in 2020) 2) about this probation period of 3 months ( what you think are the chances of getting terminated) 3) is the wlb really as bad as peopl
- Top TC employers for experienced PM roles What are the top paying employers for experienced PMs (5-6 YoE) in the current market? I can think of the below: Meta Airbnb Netflix Snap Uber LinkedIn Box Dropbox Lyft Please add more that I missed. I excluded Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple as their TC seems lower than the others. #pm #pro
- Companies With Stacked Ranking Please share the name of your company if they use a performance review system with forced "bell curve" distribution, or prescribed quotas for below strong rating levels. Why does this matter? "Curve-based employee rankings mean even good workers can end up ranking in the bottom tier, which can adv
- Uber relocation tax Hi I've recently signed an offer and it comes with relocation bonus of 12k that's through a relocation company called Altair. (from CA to NY) I want to clarify on what the tax implication of using this relocation reimbursement would be - On the agreement it says "Uber will cover the cost of Altair’
- Why do you want Uber to fail? I've seen Blind posts like "how do I hurt Uber the most" or "all women should quit Uber" etc. With all the recent press, Uber has clear incentive to fix itself. Tech industry is watching closely. Their employees are watching closely But now instead of giving them time, why hurt them more? Another
- Spend free commuter card cash Is there a way to get any form of gift cards at any place any using commuter benefits? I couldn't find an option for Lyft line or Uber pool. Employer sponsored commuter benefit cash has hit the limit and is not crediting any more money for future use.
- vote Prospect of Instawork There’s not much info on blind on instawork. I’m curious as to how blind feels about Instaworks potential. The gist behind Instawork is that they help gig workers find jobs wherever they are at the time. It also provides a review system for workers and employers. People have equated it as the Uber
- Uber future? (Posting here to hear outsider opinion) Would UBER become likes of Google and Microsoft where people would line upto to find a lifelong employment - the company stays great place to work for a techie? Or would it become an operational company, surviving on margins - but not a tech innovation place.
- Full time referral - repher.me Looking for full time referrals for Machine Learning Engineer roles in the SF Bay area. https://repher.me/r/-Lrp2e2NPlXWTwka9zNr Looking for roles at: Google, Apple, Amazon, LinkedIn, Netflix, Palantir, Tesla, Uber About me: Education: University of Oxford (Master’s) Current employer: Goldman Sac
- Do you max out 401k? Wondering if you max out 401k yearly, even if your employer does not match contributions. My employer (not Uber) doesn't, and I'm wondering if it's even worth it for me to invest in 401k because I'd have to wait until I'm 59.5 yrs old... and I plan on retiring by 50 or owning a business to the poin
- H1b lottery not selected: future alternatives? Working for Uber in US. Didn’t get selected for the H1b. Have one more attempt remaining next year. For those that have gone through a similar experience, how have you planned it and what alternatives are out there? With my current employer could potentially move to Amsterdam or Toronto. TC: 110 #w