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Unless there was a performance issue then why not allow these employees to transfer if they want to?

by tempsy 7y ago

paggle 7y ago
Because they will likely want to hire in Chicago at much lower salaries than SF but asking someone to eat a big salary reduction is hard.
heliodor 7y ago
Might be that the company is that disfunctional. Between the news articles and the horrendous software quality, it seems to me the company is a mess.
- xxxtentachyon 7y ago
  What horrendous software quality? Uber consistently puts out some of the cleanest mobile experiences for a mass market app, and their research teams put out great OSS work.
  - heliodor 7y ago
    Have you tried to use the Android app? I have programmed Android for five years and I can confidently say that the Uber Android app is a disaster. Both usability and bugs. On the database side, there's a place in my city that has some permanent bad data in the db so that it won't allow anyone to get picked up or taken there. I go there frequently by Uber and have to set the pin a few blocks away from the corrupted area then explain to the driver where I am or where I am going. It's like there's a ghost car attached to that place because every time I try to get a ride from there, it says it's finding me a ride, followed by an error message that the driver is unavailable. Had a painful back-and-forth with support about this and of course nothing every got done. While the Android app is of poor quality and no one is rushing to fix it, Uber engineers are busy putting out open source software and plenty of it. Talk about resource mismanagement!
  - bdcravens 7y ago
    For several months, Uber tells the driver my house is on the other side of the street. Verified that Google Maps, Apple Maps, and OSM all have my house on the correct side.
paxys 7y ago
Maybe they did? If you are an engineer in San Francisco, switching companies is trivial compared to relocating your life across the country to a place where you may not want to live.

Unless there was a performance issue then why not allow these employees to transfer if they want to?

by tempsy 7y ago

Unless there was a performance issue then why not allow these employees to transfer if they want to?

Because they will likely want to hire in Chicago at much lower salaries than SF but asking someone to eat a big salary reduction is hard.

heliodor 7y ago

Might be that the company is that disfunctional. Between the news articles and the horrendous software quality, it seems to me the company is a mess.

xxxtentachyon 7y ago
What horrendous software quality? Uber consistently puts out some of the cleanest mobile experiences for a mass market app, and their research teams put out great OSS work.
- heliodor 7y ago
  Have you tried to use the Android app? I have programmed Android for five years and I can confidently say that the Uber Android app is a disaster. Both usability and bugs. On the database side, there's a place in my city that has some permanent bad data in the db so that it won't allow anyone to get picked up or taken there. I go there frequently by Uber and have to set the pin a few blocks away from the corrupted area then explain to the driver where I am or where I am going. It's like there's a ghost car attached to that place because every time I try to get a ride from there, it says it's finding me a ride, followed by an error message that the driver is unavailable. Had a painful back-and-forth with support about this and of course nothing every got done. While the Android app is of poor quality and no one is rushing to fix it, Uber engineers are busy putting out open source software and plenty of it. Talk about resource mismanagement!
- bdcravens 7y ago
  For several months, Uber tells the driver my house is on the other side of the street. Verified that Google Maps, Apple Maps, and OSM all have my house on the correct side.

paxys 7y ago

Maybe they did? If you are an engineer in San Francisco, switching companies is trivial compared to relocating your life across the country to a place where you may not want to live.