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      Uber Software Developer reviews

      3.9

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (552 total reviews)
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      Dara Khosrowshahi

      83% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Software Developer employees have rated Uber with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 552 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Uber is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      552 reviews
      1.0
      Aug 25, 2016

      Software Engineer

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Free uber riders per month

      Cons

      - Lengthy interview process (recruiters are lazy to reply). - During recruitment you will hear things like we are very flat management , start-up culture, we value talent, etc. But in practise when you join and if you want to change your team then Its quite the opposite. They really don't care about talent and YOU are just another use and throw resource for the company - Fake career promises - Recruiters as well as team managers are trained to lie and deceit on every stage - Extremely poor relocation support - You cannot unleash your potential or talent when it comes to programming, company bureaucracy, policies and hierarchy overtakes everything. - Only few limited teams have the pleasure to do some cool stuff.

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      Uber Response
      9y
      Thanks for writing up this review. I'm sorry you had less than an ideal experience in your time here, and I see you've moved on to another opportunity, but I'd love to dig into specifics you point out in your cons as they're points we haven't heard before. We consistently hear in internal and external employee feedback that employees' potential and impact is greater at Uber than any place they've worked before, so it's surprising to see the opposite in your review. If you'd be willing, please reach out and we can set up a time to chat confidentially. Thanks again for taking the time - pierce@uber.com.
      1.0
      Jul 31, 2016

      Hard to Imagine A More Unpleasant Place to Work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Work with some very brilliant people. - Opportunity to learn a lot about software design, data analytics, marketing, biz dev etc. - Center of attention at cocktail parties since you are working at the hottest company in the world.

      Cons

      - Ultra-aggressive deadlines, cumbersome processes, and huge workload. - Daily firing (stack ranking and constantly letting "bottom performers" go) - Terrible place for new grads as there are no grace periods to ramp up or learn. Many let go after just two months. - Offers no longer competitive with many established companies when one considers the misleading nature of the preferred share prices. - Incredible amounts of politics (company culture encourages back-stabbing amongst colleagues) - Company lies to recruits (stating huge bonuses, using preferred share prices to calculate equity compensation, promises for quick promotion, etc). - Bad food with dinner served at 8:15. - Firing people right before their stock vest cliff. - Equity won't be liquid for a long time, if ever. - Highly stressful environment.

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      Uber Response
      9y
      Thanks for taking the time to write up this review. I'm sorry you've had less than an ideal experience at Uber and I appreciate the specific feedback you've provided. I'd love to set up a confidential conversation to chat about specific actions we can take as a company to make Uber a better place to work. If you're willing, I'd really appreciate it. Please reach out, and thanks again: pierce@uber.com.
      1.0
      Jul 11, 2016

      Software Engineer

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great work environment, coworkers were super friendly and helpful. - Open to new ideas and laid back culture.

      Cons

      - Very unprofessional way of firing someone. Called at 8:30 pm to say don't come to work the next day. Was given no reason for termination since it was at-will. They're in the clear legally but definitely an unprofessional way of terminating someone. - Not a great work life balance. People needed to stay till 7 or 8pm at work to get their stuff done.

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      Uber Response
      9y
      Thanks for your review. We're sorry you had a poor experience in your time here at Uber. Regarding your note about your departure, please know that as an equal opportunity employer, we do not tolerate discrimination based on specific categories, including religion. We're focused on providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees and contractors and we have policies and procedures in place to address complaints of discrimination in the workplace. If you'd like, I'd love to connect confidentially about your time here and specific actions we can take to make Uber a better place to work. Feel free to reach out: pierce@uber.com.
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