Uber - employer that doesn't care - Operations Specialist Uber Employee Review

1.0
16 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- free lunch (although not the best quality) - typical benefits like health insurance and gym card - nice people (although small office and plenty of gossips)

Cons

- horrible work - life balance (very fast paced, team structures changing every couple of months as well as goals and tasks) - no onboarding at all and high expectations from day 1, leading to quick burn outs - not enough employees (to save money, company is hiring 1 person for a job that should be done by 3-5 people) - very small office (not enough desks nor rooms) - very American and individualistic culture focused on competition not cooperation - super small salaries compared to the market, opportunity to grow once a year and its a very slow growth - very long processes, the company is scared of a data leakage so there is no knowledge sharing between the teams, no access to global files, every document that is created is confidential and not sharable from a default - no structure and chaos - company does't seem to care if processes are working or not or if something takes ages to implement, as long as they don't loose money, they couldn't care less for the employees time and energy spend on the tasks - huge expectations and workload as well as no support from the team which leads to high pressure - favouritism of certain employees (no hiring processes because of connections) - very masculine environment and ambition to be "the best" - most of the employees are not even hired by Uber but by the external companies which makes them less of a an Uber employee in terms of benefits (no stocks, no access to specific platforms, lower salaries etc) - very bad communication between HR company and Uber

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5.0
1 Apr 2026
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Pros

Energizing culture here, everyone is so boots on the ground, scrappy, committed to getting work done. A lot of passionate leaders. You can only be so enthusiastic about driving yet somehow we get it done. Top of the market compensation. Decent office amenities and high quality on-campus dining. No huge layoffs, the company operates efficiently. Every now and then you get a questionable hiring decision, but they hire fast and fire fast.

Cons

Insurance for a family is uber expensive, no dinner, no to-go boxes. Lots of restrictions on bringing your dog to the office. Extremely crowded on anchor days with a disorganized parking system. Not as many amenities as other big tech/FAANG. EV charging is ridiculously scarce. Not as much investment in having fun or building genuine connections at work.

5.0
6 Jan 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I love being able to work around truly passionate people who are ready to change the world. The culture is great, free snacks and food is big plus. I had the opportunity to take ownership of projects within my first month

Cons

The hours are much longer than any other job I've worked in, but this is expected to change as we continue hiring more help

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Great review, thank you!
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