Posting for a friend (in her own words) Uber is offering entry level data scientist role ( entry level after PhD) Base being offered is too low. TC below new TC - Base 125K sign on 20K stocks 40K every year Role is standard product experimentation A/b testing kinda role. Current role - senior data scientist at startup. TC - 160K (-base 145K) - Does uber always down level folks from smaller companies? My interview went really well. i had offer after 3 days. i am senior data scientist at my current company and have managed people before. - how safe is this job? its in marketing analytics. - The manager said promotions would have early next year.I wont see promotion at least till next year - is it worth it get downleveled and keep looking or should i reject and keep looking? - no other offers! :( #jobcase #datascience
Is it worth it? It’s up to you. Is the job safe? Don’t think so
Entry level Data Analysts get somewhere around that. That number seems low for a data scientist (that too with a PhD)
I am hiring for a data scientist in Palo alto (possibly remote) right now. Can offer a better base than Uber and much more meaningful work. The company next to my name is not who I'm with now. I'd be glad to chat more. A director of engineering at Uber just joined our engineering leadership team. If you want to follow, send me a message. Uplevel, don't downlevel.
Seems low for a Ph.D., also why would they employ a senior data scientist in junior role? I'd reject if they are not willing to revise the salary and job level.
Dara has trouble keeping his own job and Uber has job security for any role?
Uber just doesn’t pay top of the market outside out hard to fill eng roles. Is is what is is. That offer is really bad for a PHD. They seem committed to not paying for top talent.
It is what it is?
It seems low for DS L4. Are you sure you got an offer for DS not DA? Also big tech companies don’t care about your title at other companies. It’s your job to prove yourself during the interviews.
Duh - I wouldn’t have posted for the wisdom. ‘ It’s your job to prove yourself during the interviews. ‘ Also I don’t consider uber as a tech giant yet. Shared economy still has some years to mature. Anyway just my opinion. She is saying interviews went well - A/B testing role - how much leadership can you gauge from 5 interviews? I feel it is extreme lowball. Also her manager is someone who is L5 who reports to a data Science manager. Seems like quite the hierarchy
DA can report to DS
Thanks for the comments everyone. I will send her the link. Much appreciated.
Don't take the offer
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Promo happens twice a year. But don’t expect a promo before a year. With a better expectation for 1.5 years. Base and stock can be moved up. This should be L4 as PhD entry level is L4. Can get to 130 base, 50k sign on and 70k stocks per year. Uber tried to get back to candidates very fast so don’t read into the 3 days. Job is pretty safe, DS is hard to find and is usually safe. How many YOE?
Do you mean DS is hard to fire or find? Also, In terms of stock, apart from Careem what other measures has uber taken to make sure stock is worth the down level.
Hard to find Nobody will be able to prove to you that Uber’s stock has a higher EV than any other stock. Take it for the current valuation. How many YOE, can’t tell if it’s down level without more info. L4 is 0-5 YOE