I am expecting an offer from Uber for SDE 2, Is the the work culture too bad. I am expecting 50 hours/week, role is in security engineering org. I have to stay for atleast 2 years for visa reasons. I currently have good wlb. I am interested in new work but worried about unreasonable expectation from a new engineer. Do I get enough time to come up to speed. Are new engineers supported well. How’s the overall culture, seeing some bad things recently on blind. Any comments are appreciated. Current TC: 150k New Expected TC: 250-260k. #uber #tech #swe #workculture #engineering
I’d expect it to be bad (based on just my anecdotal experience) - was interviewing for L4 (SWE 2), coding rounds went great, and then got grilled in System Design by the HM - he was ex-Amazon SDM.
How is this evidence for or against??
I’d say it’s evidence against- the HM was focusing on tiny details during the sys design round. At one point he told me “this is how it’s done at Amazon”. Around that same time - I passed onsites at doordash and google. It could just be that I wasn’t meeting their bar.
Yoe? I’m thinking of applying to some sde II roles as well. It says 2 years required but I imagine 4 preferred
They started forced quota based terminations from this year. Stay away if you need job security
I guess this is useful to know. Thank you!
I thought Uber was good
I think it's good mostly. Definitely process heavy, you can tell they've been sued a million times. Everything is risk mitigation. But you get used to that. I have good wlb. Def not over 40 hrs a week. L5 TC 550+ at current stock price How's Roblox?
I’d say it’s similar tc and also pretty good wlb on a lot of orgs including mine
Why would you be EXPECTING 50 hours/week? That alone would be reason enough for me to not take a job.
50hrs a week? Lol man it's way more than that for most teams. Also you should ask for a bigger package, your is a lowball
40 hrs a week for most. But that's like 40 hrs of solid work, not 40 hrs of sitting at a desk.
im in the fulfillment org and my team works like 50 hours. they do code review counting too. im not sure about the entire company but it seems seem dependent
What happens if you don't push enough code reviews because you were doing non-coding work?
Which org? Location?
No work culture is neither bad nor good.