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by njj023 9y ago
An apples to apples comparison would standardize across: 1. GAAP v.s. non GAAP. Different media sites are reporting between 1.5B and 750B for Uber because of this discrepancy. 2. Timelines - Uber numbers are from Q3. Lyft from H1 3. Size di
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by njj023 9y ago
And hence the potential Softbank deal, who can broker these mergers across the various asian markets. This is also why Softbank is so keen on investing in Uber over Lyft. With Lyft, the best Softbank can muster is a parternship of equals am
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by njj023 9y ago
Winners besides Lyft? Their financials are on-par if not worse - https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/14/unpacking-lyfts-projected-... Part of Uber's increased losses are stemming directly from massive burn on
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by njj023 9y ago
Wasn't the case in the beginning of the year and isn't the case at the end (I know people who have left this week for FANG). And that period arguably coincides with the most intense PR snafu for Uber. Most companies are smart enou
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by njj023 9y ago
Every person who I know has left Uber this year is at some company HN would probably agree as "better" (FANGs as backup, startups if more adventurous). So unless you're in the handful caught in the crossfire of these issues,
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by njj023 9y ago
Thank you for calling out what seems like an incredible -- almost intentionally ignorant -- hive mind HN tends to have at times.
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by njj023 9y ago
You are completely misinformed. Most drivers do both. Get on reddit.com/r/lyft or reddit.com/r/uberdrivers and you will get a sense that post tipping + changes Uber has made, the scale has entirely tipped. Lyft has certa
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by njj023 9y ago
This has got to be one of the most surface-level analysis of Uber that I have come across (even by HN's standard of near consistent animosity towards Uber and any other pre-IPO startups including FB in its day). To illustrate: "Ub
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by njj023 9y ago
FB was not a premier tech company when Sheryl joined. She played a big part in making it one. In fact, Hacker News as far as I remember was deeply critical of Facebook for a long time. Not saying Uber will go down the same path as FB but
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by njj023 9y ago
To give you some additional perspective, here is a FB post from a female Uber employee floating around in my circles - https://www.facebook.com/margaretann.seger/posts/10214004058... She highlights the nuances of
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by njj023 9y ago
It should be in terms of what went wrong and needs to be fixed. You're right that they may have been blindsided to a large extent in this period of hyper-growth and wrongfully crossed certain lines numerous times. But the introspection
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by njj023 9y ago
Yikes, such unbelievably strong pre-conceived biases in your post. How about the alternate and more plausible scenario where Uber employees who arguably have the most clear understanding of the culture issues internally recognize the variou
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by njj023 9y ago
You'd have to be one foolish hiring manager to make blanket generalizations on Uber employees like this – and thankfully I haven't seen many instances of that. Most Uber employees that do leave tend to have no issues finding a job
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by njj023 9y ago
It seems that there really isn't anything that would have you change your strongly held biases at this point.