uber poaching?

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Amandalumx

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Amandalumx
Oct 11, 2019 17 Comments

A director of design emailed me asking if I was interested in a role on her team. Does this mean the interview process will be easier? Am i already in?

Would love to hear from anyone that has had this situation happen to them.

Also would love to hear any insights on Uber Eats.

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  • Uber
    🛸Alien 🛸

    Go to company page Uber

    🛸Alien 🛸
    As negative as the world is towards Uber, even its own internal blind, I love working here. Sure it’s a rough time right now, my TC also got affected due to the stock drop, but I’m in it for the long term, so I don’t let it affect me. Many opportunities to effect the bottom line. Doesn’t hurt to interview and find out more. I work in uber eats.
    Oct 11, 2019 4
    • Uber
      🛸Alien 🛸

      Go to company page Uber

      🛸Alien 🛸
      It’s definitely risky, I’m not good at reading finance things, but ER is coming up next month, which should say a lot about where uber is going financially. Personally I think it’s possible, if Uber’s bets such as freight, ATG or elevate work out. Plus meituan is profitable, so eats possibly should be too. High risk high reward at current stock price.
      Oct 11, 2019
    • I am about to join Uber ATG (risky, I know). The way I see it—someone has to do ridesharing. There’s no going back. It’s so much more effective in most places than unreliable/unpleasant taxis. Given that someone will be doing ridesharing, I have to believe there is some business model that makes it profitable (absolutely with AVs, but even before that). I figure Uber is in a better, more diversified position than Lyft and other smaller ride sharing companies (but also more leveraged). I also think there will be a push toward profitability now, since that’s become a huge focus. So with Uber being diversified and well funded, I think we’ll see Uber on the rise in the next few years. If I’m wrong, which is very possible, I received 9 other offers during the past 1.5 months of interviewing, so I figure I’ll look to any of those places for a job (or hopefully get a shot to interview at fb). Just wanted to give you what was going through my mind when I made the risky decision to sign recently
      Oct 12, 2019
  • Probably just a recruiter/assistant using their email.
    Oct 11, 2019 1
    • New
      Amandalumx

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      Amandalumx
      OP
      That’s what I thought too.. isn’t that unethical though lol
      Oct 11, 2019
  • Adobe
    jjjx12

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    jjjx12
    I get emails asking if I'm interested in FB, Google, whatever. It just means you have their attention and don't have to cold apply. I'd expect the rest of the process to be unmodified.
    Oct 11, 2019 0
  • New / Design
    👩‍🎨🎨🖍

    New Design

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    Nah. I’ve been at companies where the Director of Product / Design referred someone. We still went through the process to interview them and we can say no if we wanted. This was a proper referral not even found randomly online. We had to really explain why it it was a “no” though.

    The only time I’ve ever skipped interviewing is a tiny startup and the CEO was asking me to join. However that’s also not guaranteed. This CEO wanted to hire a particular engineer that I knew. I took him aside and told him why I did not think that would be a good hire and why.
    Oct 11, 2019 0
  • Uber
    dwightcous

    Go to company page Uber

    dwightcous
    The stock price will pick up - it's just a matter of time.
    Oct 11, 2019 1
    • New
      Startup777

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      Startup777
      Doubt Uber is going up, the market is playing lock down defense on tech ipo that dont generate a profit. Wework woke the market up to that in a serious way, no profit no market gains
      Oct 11, 2019