A challenging place for engineers - Software Engineer II Uber Employee Review

3.0
Dec 26, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Company is still growing fast and has lots of potential in areas like auto-driving cars - Always new projects to work on, most of time it is hard to decide what to work on next since there are so many choices

Cons

- Organizational direction changes constantly, Uber seems to have good vision about the long-term mission, but down to specific projects in engineering department chaos is present all over the place - Politics and internal friction is increasing as company culture somehow encourage aggressiveness, you need to know how to fight for yourself even you are just an engineer.

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Uber Response
9y
Definitely agree there are many new and exciting areas to explore, including autonomous. I think some of the cons you call out are representations of our growth, but I'd love to connect with you confidentially to find specific ways we can improve internally. Reach out and we can set up a time to chat: pierce@uber.com. Thanks!

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10y
Great review, thank you!
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