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.
Sinking ship ? http://www.recode.net/2017/2/23/14708752/uber-self-driving-engineer-raffi-krikorian-leaving
What are the engineering leadership options like at Uber NYC? Have been running distributed engineer SWE teams for 7+ years (SWE before that).
Current TC (257 and average of $30k RSU pr year) Any info on TC’s for manager/directors?
Can we stop abusing 'Engineering Leadership' title please? I am about puke when browsing LinkedIn. Nobody is Engineering Manager anymore. Every fucking frontline manager is now an Engineering Leadership at Uber! Yeah, that bro with 4 years experience, somewhat managed to grab a manager position to...Read more
How is Uber for leadership positions these days? Asking for L6 position at Uber
Good, bad or ugly. Is Dara trying to get rid of competition or all the laggards? What's is the inside story?
Just saw an ad on YouTube TV for Uber - a “feel good about using Uber again because we are changing” ad. From the inside: is anything changing about Uber’s toxic culture and leadership?
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/uber-managers-asked-for-pay-cut-to-save-jobs-the-ceo-said-no?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=6180769834556_6180769863356&utm_content=6195111492356 #layoffs #uber #leadershipprinciples
I've now heard the same line from 5 separate startups over the last 3 years: "We made the mistake of hiring a bunch of leads from Amazon and Uber. They made our culture toxic and focused on empire building over solving problems." What's going on here? One of these friends was VP level. And I hear ...Read more
What are the comp ranges in eng for : 1. salary 2. Options 3 bonus
Hi, I am interviewing for a sales leadership role at Uber Eats. Is anyone aware of the parameters used for interview to assess candidate attributes? Some examples of parameters used are : General Cognitive Ability, Leadership, Role related Knowledge, etc. What kind of an org is Uber Eats -custome...Read more
#pm #productmanager
Don’t join Uber. Shittiest leadership ever. The guy lay-off ppl in waves.
Yesterday Uber today Lyft screen cut off. the rest says: • LYFT INC - MEMBERS OF COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO FOREGO 30% OF THEIR CASH COMPENSATION FOR Q2 OF 2020 • LYFT INC - MAJORITY OF RESTRUCTURING AND RELATED CHARGES IS EXPECTED TO BE INCURRED IN Q2 OF 2020 •...Read more
Title says it all. Role equivalent to SDE2 Google Cloud: 75 L Uber: 80 L What should I choose and why? Priorities: Comparatively better work. Easier to move into leadership roles. Good work life balance. I just started a family. Current TC: 63 YoE: 5
I learnt Uber hired another guy from Google in senior leadership position who was fired from Google for sexual harassment issue.
Is there a blog, deck, or article that outlines Facebook culture? Netflix, Uber, and Amazon publish detailed info about leadership and culture, but haven’t seen much from FB.
Uber wlb in certain teams is shit, like Eats, maps and infra teams. I have heard so many people say that. Difficult for women employees to keep up plus bad leadership. Do you guys agree? #engineering #software #swe #uber #wlb #uberwlb
I was at Uber and Netflix and worked with lots of PMs. But microsoft is just unique in how bad the quality of PMs is. A lot of them have non-technical degrees, some are just fresh out of college. Doesn't senior leadership know this? Or doesn't care?