Uber reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(16,255 total reviews)
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Dara Khosrowshahi

70% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Uber has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 16,255 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Uber employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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16K reviews
1.0
Mar 11, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

When I joined a year back, there were quality people with a mission. There was excitement in the work. People who did well got the praises on their own without politics playing any role in it. Free food and drinks all throughout the day.

Cons

All the pros mentioned above are old story. The food quality has gone from bad to worse and it's not even edible anymore. Uber has hired people left, right and center. Managers hire people from their previous companies, either peers or reports, so that they have people to support them. Almost all the managers and higher management guys are super selfish and arrogant. NOBODY thinks about advancing their reports and taking their team together with them. This is what happens when you hire people who have never managed a single person or people who already have a bad reputation at their previous companies and to them, joining Uber seemed a great way to start from a clean slate. Employees are being fed BS by their managers when they ask questions. Loads of politics has just crept into everything and the work culture here sucks. It will not be surprising if they find their talented engineers looking for opportunities outside the company. It's not the same anymore. I really hoped this was it for me, but apparently it's not.

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Uber Response
10y
Thank you for your honesty. From an HR perspective, the biggest areas of opporutnity this year is around team and manager development and effectiveness. You raise some serious points -- if you're willing to dig in more on your experience offline I'm happy to pass your feedback and suggestions anonymously up the chain. -Andrew, alevy@uber.com
5.0
Jun 19, 2015

Rocket Ship

Recommend
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Pros

- Super talented people are flocking to Uber from the Bay Area's top tech companies - Things move so much faster here than anywhere else I've worked - you'll be able to get much more done - Legitimately changing the world

Cons

- Long hours (but if they feel like work, you're doing something wrong)

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Uber Response
10y
Keep fighting the good fight! We couldn't agree more.
1.0
Sep 24, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

You get a prime seat to watch the evolution of the transportation industry. Good exposure to operations, marketing, and political strategy in a rapidly growing business. You will learn a lot and it's nice to have your company constantly in the news and being brought up in conversation.

Cons

Work life balance is horrendous. You will eat every meal at your desk. Despite claims of "no face time" there is absolutely the expectation that you need to be seen at your desk well into the evening. You will be online and constantly available on weekends. Once you learn the basics of the job there is little change in the day to day. They sell it as a chance to implement innovative solutions, but everything interesting is done at HQ by the strategy and product teams. If you work in a city you just get to implement the vision of management without any real freedom to do anything creative. Questionable ethics and the company continues to treat it's drivers extremely poorly preferring. If you have a strong moral conscience you may find yourself staring at the ceiling every night instead of falling asleep after a long day at the office.

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