Lyft: What's the opinion of Uber?

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Apr 21, 2016 3 Comments

What's the cultural message, opinion, etc? Is there popular critiques of where Lyft is the better company, and/or should be the market leader (in the US)?

(Purely hypothetical) If you could switch employers to Uber, maintaining the same base comp, role, teammates, etc, but working on the other platform/software/etc, would you? If not, why?

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    ken

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    ken
    Uber is seen as a competitor. I wouldn't say admired but not hated. Lyft is smaller, nimble and as an employee you can achieve more - bigger fish in small pool! Also I know you said equals, but lyft's valuation makes future growth probable.
    Apr 22, 2016 2
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      OP
      Thanks for sharing, Ken. Potential equity benefits aside, for your personal interests, would you want to see Lyft retain that smaller/nimble status, or forfeit it for the crown?

      I've seen some work environments where "underdog" was perceived as an advantage of agility, others as an unfairly oppressive sibling rivalry.
      Apr 22, 2016
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      XWFF20

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      XWFF20
      I personally like the position were in. I think both companies also seem to have different focuses. At least from the outside, Uber has their hands in a lot of different things (rideshare, black car, food, international, etc.). We've been pretty laser-focused on working to eliminate the need for car ownership here and then working with partnerships to expand internationally. I'm sure we could add on a delivery component, but it's not really what we're trying to achieve.

      For the OP - what about the flip side to the question? What's the perception of Lyft over there?
      May 7, 2016