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- Uber IPO - May 10 How do you think Uber will do?
- Why bother buying Lyft stock? There’s a conversation across Blind and the internet about the Lyft IPO and whether it’s worthwhile to invest in their stock. The obvious risk is that this is a company that is losing a ton of money, is not the category leader and may never be in profitable. It is not inherently clear that Lyft’s bu
- vote Uber vs Airbnb offer comparison I’m deciding between Uber and Airbnb for my next role. Both offers are for first line managers (EM2 at Uber and M1 at Airbnb). I have 10 years of experience with 3 as a manager. Here are the latest offer numbers: Uber: 215k base, 75k sign-on (over 2 years), 1.2 mil in RSUs (based on preferred stock
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and industry lounge. - vote What do you think will happen to UBER after ipo? Do the needful below or kindly revert back ASAP in comments. Edit: (My opinion) So, isn't lyft eating up ride shares? Why would I use Uber eats? There's Postmates, Doordash, eat24, Amazon restaurants and many more. Some of these are subscription based and low cost. They all deliver to the door, r
- Working at Uber is awesome YOE 1 TC 220 I'd like to take a minute to vouch for my employer who is most of the time bashed on for one reason or another. Note this post is based on experience of a new grad. 1. Comp We are a pay for performance company. Though our base may be average (115k for new grads), our bonus is 45% of
- link Uber filed for IPO! 2019 will be interesting... https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-lays-groundwork-for-ipo-1544231655
- The real irony in Uber IPO Upon IPO, Uber employees will be able to afford Tesla. Many will buy it. The irony is Tesla is Uber’s biggest existential threat. From Autonomy Day presentations we learned that their self-driving is way ahead of everybody else including Uber. Personally I largely agree with what they said, especial
- vote Compared to the HR target, how much is your Uber stock worth now? So you join Uber, HR offers you xxxxxx stock units which they hope will be worth yy USD/share once IPO. About how much does that compare to current Uber stock price?
- vote Amazon vs uber Amazon L5 applied scientist ii in Alexa automotive team based in Santa Clara: 175k base + 148 stocks + 200k sign on Uber L4 machine learning engineer in uber eats based in SF: 153k base + 9600 rsu + 65k worth annual refresh and cash + 25k sign on Amazon says they can possibly increase by another 8
- Push for Uber offer before ipo? I have my final round for a role at Uber in early April. Let's assume I manage to secure an offer, would I be better off trying to push to secure prior to, or post ipo? I know RSUs are granted as common stock nowadays with a fixed valuation of $33/share. I guess the point here is do we believe the
- vote IPO millionaires So it seems that less than half the employees become millionaires in terms of vested and unvested stock when a company IPOs (source - another poll happening in the Uber lounge). I'm starting a poll for everyone to see what their experience has been. The requests are simple:- - 🍿 if you haven't bee
- Best mid-stage startups to join in 2019/2020? Considering Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, Slack, Zoom, Stripe, etc. aren’t startups anymore and most of them have either IPOed already or at least reached their peak valuation before IPO, any suggestions on next big thing? Companiea which still technically qualify as mid-staged companies and there’s still roo
- link Uber IPOing lower than Lyft currently trading 😂😂😂 $45 a share at an $82.4b valuation. Feels real bad. Desperate to avoid that negative publicity huh? https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/09/uber-ipo-pricing.html
- Uber RSU Valuation as of May 2019 Considering Uber vs Google. Uber is going to file for IPO in April. I would receive between 5-6k Uber RSUs over 4 years if I accept my offer for L4. The problem that I see with this is now I am going to have to wait 12 months to sell, which is probably going to be many months after the lockup peri
- vote Will Uber be FNG-tier after IPO? After IPO, will Uber be not just “tier 1,” but the same tier as Facebook, Netflix, and google specifically, in terms of TC and brand value? For reference, facebook’s E4 target annual RSU refresher is 70k over 4 years, while Uber’s L4 target is 55k over 3 years. TC 177k due to depreciation 😔 / 1.3
- vote So much hate against Uber So much hate on Uber in these recent years. Back in 2015, Uber was like one of theses “ALLSTAR” startup on par with Google and FB. It is true, we also see so many ex-Google/FB-er working at Uber even in 2018. But I noticed so much hate against Uber in the last two years or so. For example, People ar
- vote Airbnb vs. Uber SWE Offers I have offers from Airbnb and Uber. Both in SF 2yoe Uber software engineer II 152k base 13.5k-27k annual cash bonus 52k-105k annual stock refresh 50k sign on bonus 9600 stock units / 4 years at 409a price (I think this equates ~390k over 4 years. Correct me if I am wrong) Airbnb L4 SWE: 180k base
- vote Uber or Dropbox? Help evaluate offer Hello, Please help me evaluate these 2 offers: Dropbox: 210/360/40 Uber: 188/660/0 Bonus seems more interesting at Dropbox as they have multipliers, and it’s based on 20% of base salary. Uber has a fixed number (21.5k). My take at a high level is that Uber is like a big bet and could go big afte
- How many millionaires made from Uber IPO Can someone at least give some insights on this? E.g.1 - those who join before 201x regardless of their levels E.g.2 - first x employees regardless their levels E.g.3 - Level x and beyond even they joined after 2014 (Note: millionaires = lumpsum of 2019; 1M divided by 4 years doesn't count)
- vote Now I have my offers, I can't decide what to do... I have offers from Facebook, Google, Uber, Dropbox, and Amazon. The offers are very comparable, but the Uber one comes with extra equity since they are pre-IPO. I'm more into product rather than infrastructure, and so are the teams I'm being considered for. Opinions?
- vote Lyft price increase since IPO Anyone else feel like Lyft prices are up substantially since IPO - greater than 25%. Round trips that used to be 15-20 I feel like are 25-30 consistently now (haven’t used Uber enough recently to compare, is it in the same boat?)
- PAUL vs FANG Which will have high TC in 2 years? Edited: Pinterest/Airbnb/Uber/Lyft. These 4 pre-ipo unicorns are stealing prestige and talents from FANG. Could Paul become new Fang?
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and industry lounge. - Worth joining companies going IPO this year ? If one gets an offer as a software eng ic with company going IPO like Uber . Is the move a worthit move or it's more of a hype? Anyone care to share their experience with any prior move ?
- Uber IPO What are your thoughts on Uber going public after lyft failure?
- Uber refreshers I got a positive feedback after interview and taking about TC structure, recruiter mentioned they don’t give any number for refreshers after IPO. I have FB offer and refreshers mentioned is around 120k for E5. TC ~425k YOE : 9 I would be offered 5a at Uber but not sure how to compare it with FB o
- vote Uber L4 ML vs Google Brain L3 SDE-ML Uber: Marketplace (SF and PA) Google Brain: Tensorflow for Mobile/Embedded devices. (Mountain View) Current TC: 165K YOE: 2 Worked on ML projects and have a Master's in ML. Base/RSU/Yearly Bonus/Sign-On Uber: L4: 150K/330K/15-30%/25K Google: L3: 130K/Don't know/15-30%/20K Google will try matching.
- Grab Potential Uber is close to IPO and looking around I see Grab with a lot of potential I.e with their foray into payments space. Looks like they might have potential to go 3-4x in next 3-4 yrs. Going to think about interviewing there. Am I missing something about them? TC: 350k (E5)
- Bamboozled by Uber TC? Do you think you will continue to stay at Uber after this abysmal IPO that is going to hit your TC substantially?
- Normal people like me can’t buy a house in Bay Area anymore With Lyft IPO few thousand millionaires going to storm the housing market . The Bay Area home prices will go up and up .. Next Uber, Slack, Pinterest, Postmates etc
- Cashing out? Are current Uber employees allowed to sell their vested shares post IPO or is there a freeze from selling for few month?
- link Will San Francisco’s housing market be overwhelmed by IPO millionaires https://www.curbed.com/2019/3/19/18271522/san-francisco-real-estate-tech-ipo-airbnb-uber Over the next two years, some of the decade’s biggest tech firms, among them Pinterest, Uber, and Airbnb, are expected to go public, with Lyft alone just announcing it would seek a value between $21 and $23 bil
- vote Google v Uber offer eval Hey everyone, need a bit of input in deciding between G and Uber. Here are the offer details: G: L3 140k base + 15% target bonus 25k signing 240k equity over 4 years Location NYC Uber: L4 145 base + 15k target bonus 25k signing 270k equity over 4 years Location SF YoE: 3yrs Also located in NYC cu
- How much are you going to make when Uber and Lyft IPO? Get your calculators out! How much you going to make when both go public? Employees after the lockup of course.
- any benefit to joining Uber pre-ipo now vs later in the year / few months after IPO? would joining Uber now, pre-IPO, be much better off than joining Uber a few months after it IPOs? I figure the IPO will matter most for those who joined way early and have a much lower strike price of RSUs, but I could be wrong. The strike price / general RSU package for employees who join right bef
- vote Which is more evil, Uber or Lyft? Lyft appears to be a nicer guy, but from the ipo, it seems the same evil guy, or worse. 1) lyft ipoed at the highest possible price, making early investors exit with huge profits at the expense of everyone else. Uber at least lowed the ipo price and appears less greedy. 2) lyft’s driver award is un
- Why Google Hangouts lose to Zoom? Zoom seems to have a really good IPO soon and it’s growing fast and profitable. Uber uses Zoom and it’s great. Why Google Hangouts cannot beat it or let it grow so much? Google Hangouts has advantage of being natively compatible with G suite and it has open source webRTC.
- Uber offer What a day. Got a verbal offer form Uber today and they filed for S1. Recruiter confirmed pre ipo stocks. Any range I should expect in terms of stock grants? 8yoe. Network engineering.
- Early Career - Google or Uber With 1 YoE, which company would be better for my career? Uber team is a lot more fun, but its also a high impact team (a lot of teams depending on the team's products -> might be bad WLB or a full 40/45 hr week). Google team seems much more relaxed, the product is a bit boring compared to Uber
- What's working at Uber like these days? I'm specifically interested in product management at Uber and curious about what pay, perks, and wlb looks like post IPO.
- How much early Uber engineers would make if they go IPO this year? Who joined in 2012-2013
- Which unicorns are worth joining for massive upside now? With Pinterest having filed for an IPO alongside Lyft, Uber, and Slack, it's a little too late to "get in on the ground floor". With that in mind, what up-and-coming startups are worth joining now that might net a large cash-out after a few years of earning shares? Off the top of my head, Airbnb
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and industry lounge. - What do you genuinely think about Uber stock after IPO? I did not add a poll since I wanna know the reason rather than just random clicks. The current valuation is around 40$ do you think it’ll go under water or skyrocket or neutral? Any possibility it’ll follow Snap and Dropbox’s paths?
- What next after Google Thinking of changing job if some other company can offer better compensation and career growth. Some options look like: AirBnB, Netflix, Uber, Square. L4 YOE: 2 years TC: 230K Edit (adding some more context): Work is good at Google and so is WLB. I have learnt a lot from the senior members in the
- The Disruption of Uber There have been lots of threads around pros/cons of Uber. After this post I am signing out for good. To win the future of ride sharing requires: 1) consumer brand and trust 2) L5 autonomy 3) operations expertise with physical assets Google has 1 and (soon) 2. They will have to develop/acquire/pa
- UBER still Hot? Now that Uber is public. Is Uber still a hot company to join? Any pros and cons to joining Uber now vs pre IPO?
- Why Uber? Why do you want to work for Uber if they... 1) systematically underpay their drivers 2) don't listen to drivers unless they réally need to 3) had many allegations of discrimination and harassment 4) spied and stole all over the world 5) lied to governments and got in trouble in many countries while
- 🍾 Congrats to Uber on the IPO Sincere congrats on the IPO. Big accomplishment.
- Isn’t Uber the next Snap? Both companies bleed $. Won’t Uber tank after IPO?
- vote FAANG or UANG With Uber coming IPO and the stock market tanking , do you think Facebook still take a place in the FAANG group? I think it might become UANG. What do you think?
- link Uber’s IPO caps an era of mediocrity and small thinking in Silicon Valley Uber debuted below its IPO price on Friday and ended up down more than 7%, crawling across the finish line with a valuation below $80 billion. That’s a far cry from the $120 billion that was floated as recently as December. Founders and early investors will still going to get spectacularly rich, bu