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Not every successful company has the constant stream of horrible behavior emanating from it over the course of years. Trying to normalize this as growing pains

by __jal 10y ago

Not every successful company has the constant stream of horrible behavior emanating from it over the course of years. Trying to normalize this as growing pains or bored ambitious people(?!?) or whatever is simply false. I don't work there, but know people who have, and left, because it was such a toxic place. The point of my comment was that this was emphatically not a PR problem - it is a culture problem that obviously comes from the top of the firm.

yanilkr 10y ago
It is a PR problem because all the other people who did not have problems do not come out and say they like it there. If people come out and say I think uber is good to me they will look insensitive given the context of two women with bad experiences. PR will create a place where other people can speak out. Over all churn rate in the valley is pretty bad, uber cannot doing any worse than the other companies there.
mikekchar 10y ago
Not sure I agree with the premise, but I think there is a point to be made. When was the last time people griped about the absolutely horrible culture of Amazon and Facebook? It wasn't that long ago, but I don't hear anything any more. I don't even know what it's like to work at Amazon of Facebook (I had one friend who worked at Amazon years ago and loved it -- data point of one), but last year the general consensus around here was that you'd have to be an idiot to work in either of those places. 2 years before that it was Netflix. I heard they just chew you up and spit you out. Now? Not a heard a word for ages. Today it's Uber. Tomorrow it will be someone else and everyone will forget about Uber. If they are smart they will capitalise on our poor memories. Were these horrible places to work (as commonly reported)? Are they horrible places now? Who knows (certainly not me).

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Not every successful company has the constant stream of horrible behavior emanating from it over the course of years. Trying to normalize this as growing pains

by __jal 10y ago

yanilkr 10y ago
It is a PR problem because all the other people who did not have problems do not come out and say they like it there. If people come out and say I think uber is good to me they will look insensitive given the context of two women with bad experiences. PR will create a place where other people can speak out. Over all churn rate in the valley is pretty bad, uber cannot doing any worse than the other companies there.
mikekchar 10y ago
Not sure I agree with the premise, but I think there is a point to be made. When was the last time people griped about the absolutely horrible culture of Amazon and Facebook? It wasn't that long ago, but I don't hear anything any more. I don't even know what it's like to work at Amazon of Facebook (I had one friend who worked at Amazon years ago and loved it -- data point of one), but last year the general consensus around here was that you'd have to be an idiot to work in either of those places. 2 years before that it was Netflix. I heard they just chew you up and spit you out. Now? Not a heard a word for ages. Today it's Uber. Tomorrow it will be someone else and everyone will forget about Uber. If they are smart they will capitalise on our poor memories. Were these horrible places to work (as commonly reported)? Are they horrible places now? Who knows (certainly not me).