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Probably these people if they knew they were going to work for Uber, they wouldn't have signed on. But Otto, sure, why not. Otto really was, at the face of it
by blazespin 10y ago
Probably these people if they knew they were going to work for Uber, they wouldn't have signed on. But Otto, sure, why not. Otto really was, at the face of it, a recruiting agency for Uber. (An expensive one, I'm sure..)
- aantix 10y agoExactly; given Uber's history of squeezing their drivers, minimizing their take home pay in an attempt to get the lowest ride rates in the market, I wouldn't be too quick to sign up either..
- shostack 10y agoAcquihires are interesting in that they might seem expensive, but might actually be cheap from the standpoint of mitigating the risk of an unknown and unproven team. This case might be a little different given the short time this team existed though.
- vonmoltke 10y ago> Acquihires are interesting in that they might seem expensive, but might actually be cheap from the standpoint of mitigating the risk of an unknown and unproven team. Considering that, IMO, Valley companies severely overestimate that risk I think acquihires are a really expensive way to acquire people.
- gorkemyurt 10y agobut didn't Otto employees end up making a ton of money, way more than what they would have at Uber? given that otto was pretty young?