Excellent culture, dramatic vision and a sense of purpose - Visual Designer Uber Employee Review

It's cliched in today's post Silicon Valley tech world, but Uber is quite literally changing the world. There's something incredibly humbling and empowering knowing we're creating a product that is used around the world to improve lives. You might think I'm talking about the rider experience, but Uber is even more impactful on the lives of drivers who Uber helps enable them to make more money (whether supplemental or as an alternative to a lesser pay gig) and provides an opportunity to have more control over their lives than ever before. Unlimited vacation is cool, but we have a culture that you actually want to be a part of every day. There are so many exciting things happening at Uber that whatever else going on in your life doesn't seem as important. Crazy but true! Uber's gotten a hard time in the press about our culture. I'd say that anything relating to misogyny or biased treatment towards candidates or employees is more of a symptom of a problem within society than Uber's culture. We hire the best candidates period. We all want to work with smart people that will help move the company forward. It's unfortunate that this means playing into all of the typical trouble tech companies get into with hiring predominantly white males. That said, I look around me on any given day and see a big variety of ages, genders and races. We've also been criticized for our aggressive culture. We want to win in an extremely competitive space. Our company turns whole industries into our enemies. How can we be blamed that we have a thick skin that thinks of every way to defend ourselves and succeed? If you don't believe my words and are think Uber is interesting, you owe it to yourself to connect with someone at Uber and come in to see it for yourself.