Pros
Despite all the events over the last month, I see every day a truly incredible place where every single person can have tremendous impact. Uber holds itself to a high bar, and it certainly isn't perfect. But it's still a great place.
Uber has gotten larger, which just means I can't speak to every place in the company from first-hand knowledge. But from what I've seen with my own eyes in my area, the environment has been remarkably supportive, energizing, and positive.
I've been at other companies where the environment was actually _systematically_ problematic, so perhaps my spectrum for judging company cultures is different from all the press we're getting. But that is not Uber. There's a remarkably high degree of transparency here, and a remarkably low degree of BS. Uber is under quite a lot of scrutiny, and in part that's a consequence of the company's success. The company has increased in size several-fold, and the culture is still growing up. Again, I can only speak to my own experience, but I've loved Uber from the moment I've joined and every day since, for the problems I work on, for the people I work with, for the trajectory I'm afforded, for the technical areas I have the opportunity to master, for the richness of the data, for the mission of the company, and for the company's earnest desire to always be improving. This place is for real, and the growth is real.
Cons
Things move at lightspeed, and as we've seen the last month, it's not always perfect as a result. People come to Uber to kick butt in the best possible way. If that's you, you're in for a treat. But that's necessarily for everyone.
