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.
I have two applications for SWE that have been sitting "in-review" for three weeks. What's going through?
I've applied to a position at Uber and received an email from a recruiter asking for availability. The email was from a different domain (icims). I responded on the same day and haven't heard back from the recruiter since (it's been a week). Is there a way to check status of application on their car...Read more
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Amazon L6 (520K) Meta E5 (540K) Uber 5B (650K) All verbal offers at this point. Given current news from Meta (Hiring Freeze) and Uber (Potential hiring freeze, cost-cutting) what would you chose ? Uber News: https://twitter.com/dee_bosa/status/1523493369695014913?s=21&t=f642ZQfhVtlc5-H47XXj2g TC 2...Read more
Apparebtly uber is on the verge of a 20% layoff including engineering. https://twitter.com/theinformation/status/1255231131831721984?s=21
💩 status Google: layoffs, ChatGPT, Cloe Meta: metaverse gone, ai lead gone, tiktok Tiktok: US wants to ban Stripe: Missed IPO Airbnb: another layoffs Coinbase: no confidence in crypto Roblox, Unity: metaverse canceled Affirm: 90% stock crash Netflix: signups slowed down. Competitive space Snowfla...Read more
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...Read more
Need a fresh change of scenery and want to gain better immigration status. Any idea if Uber provides this type of relocation? #relocation #uber
https://twitter.com/dkhos/status/1327704698279788544?s=21 #tech #uber #atg #aurora
Uber CEO sent an email to all employees tonight, according to CNBC. Here are the relevant parts: 5. Meeting the moment means making trade-offs. The hurdle rate for our investments has gotten higher, and that means that some initiatives that require substantial capital will be slowed. We have to mak...Read more
I have applied for a role in Uber. The application status shows closed. Does that mean I got rejected
Planning to join Uber Bangalore in July. What is the layoff status in Uber Bangalore? How is the work culture? What are some of the good office perks? Uber TC: 60LPA(INR) YOE: 4 #layoff #severance #Uber
https://twitter.com/ukrdefensefund/status/1502136382700937218?s=21 Proud to work at Uber and have colleagues like this! Please donate if you can. #tech #Uber #ukraine
Please everyone upvote this post so that more people can share their thoughts. Laid off from Uber due to performance reasons. They call it termination on visa. What are my options if I am laid off ? Heard some murmurs about filing for B1/B2 Change of Status with USCIS and that can buy time while t...Read more
It’s been more than three weeks since I submitted my docs for H1B visa transfer and it’s not filed yet. Is this timeline expected at Uber? The portal has the status as docs are being reviewed internally for almost a week now. #workvisa #h1b #uber
I had an onsite interview at Uber on the 9th (Last Friday). Recruiter told me that there would be a 48-72 hour turn around and I would get results/feedback within that time regardless if it's hire or no hire. It is Friday now, 1 week has passed. I just signed into the Ubers careers page to check th...Read more
Per Mike Isaac of New York Times: “Uber is buying Postmates, plans to announce the deal tomorrow” https://twitter.com/mikeisaac/status/1279964608233529344
Got a recruiter ping to interview at the payments checkout company Fast. They have people hired from Uber, Lyft, Google and raised $100M from Stripe. I said yes, but did some research and found: - They rescinded an offer after it was signed: https://twitter.com/chloecondon/status/1368592714401390601...Read more
In the past 6 months, has Uber Bangalore hired any Backend SDE-2s ? SDE-2 roles sometimes open on the Uber job portal and then vanish in a couple of days. Even after multiple referrals, I haven't been able to get the interview call and every time the status of my application changes to closed :(. ...Read more
https://mobile.twitter.com/TempePolice/status/976585098542833664?police-release-video-of-fatal-uber-autonomous-car-collision&tfw_site=technology Wtf Uber. You cannot detect a simple moving object. Also there was no attempt to brake. It was travelling at 40mph when the collision happened. I guess ...Read more