You get to work with some of the best folks in tech, at least you used to. There are interesting problems to solve at scale.
Leadership used to be highly energetic, smart people with vision. The current CEO has slowly replaced those with corporate drones with limited tech experience who can mostly run a tape loop of asking for KPIs and keep folks busy with useless tactical reviews. Innovation has basically stalled and endless slide shows of almost the tiniest details have taken over.
https://twitter.com/richardhanania/status/1660295715791446016 Agree?
Couple of months ago I was in a Uber heading to work when I realized that the driver did not speak English and was using Maps with a non-English/Spanish language. I realised that our product has a hole and I wrote a PRD that would have strengthened how Uber vets and accepts Drivers. Currently all w...Read more
I am interviewing with UBER right now, it's a platform team and seems rather new. Since they haven't done massive layoff so I am a bit worried they will do LIFO, any insights about managing people out or PIP possibility? YOE 3.5
They have started "code chill" for some "routine maintenance". Man these people are horrible. Firing to them is a routine maintenance. Fuck Uber Fuck Dara. #layoff #severance
Uber fires Anthony Levandowski, self-driving car executive at heart of Google lawsuit - http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/30/uber-fires-self-driving-car-executive-anthony-levandowski.html
Have an L5a offer from Uber (Eats Merchant). Been hearing about how most teams hire to fire and usually the gun is pointed at new joiners. How true is this for India (Bangalore)?
Did anyone got fired from Uber India engineering? Amazon and Flipkart are hiring heavily in India. Don't worry fam!!
Heard Uber is hiring aggresively in India. This comes a couple of months after heavy layoffs in America. People kept saying I was fear mongering when I said all the jobs will go to India due to remote work now. > tImE Z0n3 IsSuEs > InDiA quAliTy lOw Uber is best example of that.
Was looking at applying to Uber in Seattle, but some engineer friends from other FAANG companies warned that it's a dumpster fire and people are leaving. Is this true? I want to make sure my next job isnt in a toxic culture.
Many said "everything is on fire at Uber, avoid at all costs" why is this so? #uber #product #tech #jobopening #interview
Does Uber have PIP hire to fire targets like Amazon? #Uber #tech #pip
https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/30/uber-fires-otto-co-founder-anthony-levandowski-due-to-waymo-dispute/
http://www.recode.net/2017/2/27/14745360/amit-singhal-google-uber
I learnt Uber hired another guy from Google in senior leadership position who was fired from Google for sexual harassment issue.