Uber Senior Software Developer reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(236 total reviews)
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Dara Khosrowshahi

95% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer employees have rated Uber with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 236 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Uber is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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236 reviews
1.0
Apr 15, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of growth, plenty of work to be done, if you can handle the culture.

Cons

Working 60+ hour weeks is normal here, engineers also work weekends frequently. It's hard to get leave for more than a week (even though it's supposed to be unlimited). There's a culture of sexism and sexist jokes which seems to be tolerated by senior engineers and management. Lots of engineering problems - system failures, downtime, lots of on-call work and stress, cost cutting is pretty rampant too, it's hard to get the things you need to do your job and you have to work with limited resources. The pay is also much lower than you can get at other companies. If you want high stress, low compensation then Uber is the place for you.

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Uber Response
10y
I'm sorry you're having this experience. As with many hyper growth companies, it's true that the work can be hard the and hours long at times . It's important to recharge and take time when you need it. Be sure to be honest about your needs with your manager manager to figure out a plan for vacation. I'm concerned that you've have felt a culture of sexism and sexist jokes at work. I'd like you to reach out to me and talk 1x1 about your experience. I'm happy to keep your concerns confidential but wanted to ensure that you can discuss these as well as for us to take actions to address. -Andrew, alevy@uber.com
5.0
Apr 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Really excited people, fast paced environment. Uber is extremely good a leveraging resources and hasn't fallen into the pattern of creating comfortable/lazy engineers like many other companies do at this level of success.

Cons

Falls for the same fallacies that everyone else in Silicon Valley falls for (most notably Confirmation Bias).

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Uber Response
10y
Keep recruiting for the high bar and thank you for your thoughts!
1.0
Mar 11, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
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