Disappointed with Uber Engineering
Culture of a pirate ship. Stock goes down - lets fire the execs, they all suck, our product is shit, etc! Stock goes up - we are going to the moon, all is great, we are crushing it! There are lots of over-leveled engineers due to poor hiring pipelines and promo mismanagement. Good work ethic is rarely observed and poor performance is too often excused. Lots of talk about ownership mentality with mostly renters in sight. In what universe does one have to be to put Uber on same level with other top tech companies? I see all these posts about Uber vs Google... Sorry, not even close. TC is important, but don’t just chase short term TC. There are wrong turns here. TC: 400k yoe: 7
What are you talking about? Uber is a great product.
In NYC Uber made it reasonable to live somewhere other than manhattan. It was gamechanging. To put that in perspective: 10 years ago it wasn’t possible to find a cab even 1 mile outside of (probably) the most important city on earth.
400k? L5b?
Probably a good 5a. This would be lower end for 5b.
Average on levels for 5b.
This is the norm at every large company? Basically the bullshters get promoted/recognized
Had recent offer for 5B but didn't dare
Good. It's a crapshoot inside.
Yes, the problematic culture I’ve noticed is the initiative inside Uber for less fragmentation. Fragmentation creates competition which in turn allows management to pick winners. By eliminating redundancy Uber has allowed cartels to form within itself and the company will continue to rot as long as they exist
A disruptive product brings with itself a lot of volatility. A successful disruptive product needs more hands to join so hiring sometime doesn't meet all the bars because well you can wait to interview 10 people before making an offer. So, pick someone already working in a known company (say FAANG) or similar stack or similar tech, or worst poach. How that person performs is no guarantee so bullshitters make their way up the ladder. Well bullshitters make their way up the ladder anywhere for that matter. Google, facebook amazon have enough muscle power to weather the storm but uber doesn't so although I can understand a constant anxiety but it also gives you an opportunity to play your cards right and exit when you've made enough. End of the day TC is god.
Not my experience at all. What org are you in
What's your TC and YOE
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