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The idea for Uber<\/a> came about in 2008 when cofounders Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick couldn’t get a cab on a snowy New Year’s Eve in Paris. Founded in 2009 as UberCab, the concept was simple: push a button, get a ride. The very first Uber ride was on July 5, 2010. At the time, users paid about 1.5 times what a cab ride cost in San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From there, a new industry known as “ride-sharing” was born, and Uber began its meteoric growth. The following year, Uber moved into international markets (starting with Paris!). In 2012, Uber users could request ice cream on demand. This eventually became Uber Eats<\/a>, launched in 2015. By July of that same year, Uber was valued at $51 billion, making it one of the most valuable startups in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uber had $31.8 billion in revenue<\/a> in 2022, an 82% increase over 2021. Of that $31.8 billion, $14 billion came from ride-hailing. Nearly 131 million people used Uber Eats in 2022, an 11% increase year over year. But despite these impressive numbers, Uber has only been profitable one year \u2014 2018. Despite Uber having the highest revenue ever in 2022, the company still lost $9.1 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Explore Forage’s free virtual work experience programs.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uber has internships for undergraduate and MBA students across a number of departments and in multiple locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are several Uber internship programs<\/a> for undergraduate and graduate students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uber also has three career development programs for students and recent graduates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plan ahead! Uber opens and closes their application process for internships, co-ops, and fellowships early in the academic year!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Uber has employment opportunities across a variety of teams<\/a> and around the world<\/a>. However, not every team operates in every location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, Uber’s Dallas<\/a> office houses the community operations, finance, people and places, and sales teams. The Chicago office<\/a> has the community operations, corporate, Uber Freight, and Uber Eats teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can search for open positions on the Uber Careers page<\/a> and filter results by location and team. Depending on the team you select, you can also filter by “sub-team.” For example, if you select “accounting<\/a>” as the team, you can look for roles on a specific sub-team, like finance technology, tax, or treasury, to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The main Uber teams<\/a> are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under each team, you can learn more about that team and view its open roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Job postings at Uber include a location-based pay range. For example, a job posting for a data scientist<\/a> includes a base salary range of $140,000 to $156,000 per year for San Francisco-based roles. The client partner role<\/a> has a stated salary range of $98,000 to $109,000 per year for Miami-based roles and a range of $87,000 to $96,500 per year for Nashville-based roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uber offers a range of benefits<\/a>, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n And, of course, employees receive credits for rides and Uber Eats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In general, employees have positive opinions of Uber’s benefits package. On Comparably<\/a>, 88% say they are satisfied with their benefits. On Glassdoor, employees give Uber benefits 3.4 out of 5 stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uber’s mission statement and company culture<\/a> rest on eight values<\/a>. They are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uber explains each value in more detail to give you a fuller idea of what the company believes. For example, under “See the forest and the trees,” Uber explains it’s critical to see the big picture and the small details while also understanding how one impacts the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uber is committed to improving diversity throughout the company and to becoming a more anti-racist<\/a> company. To that end, Uber has multiple initiatives that encourage diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a> (DEI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Within the company, Uber has numerous employee groups that provide support and resources to members as well as leadership and development opportunities. Some examples are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uber tracks and reports on its DEI efforts. The 2022 People and Culture<\/a> report found the company’s global workforce was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To help improve diversity in its workforce, Uber started the uSteer program to find ways to create diverse talent pipelines. Though Uber admits it’s falling short on its diversity hiring goals, in 2022, the company’s new talent hires were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To further increase diversity, Uber piloted a program in 2021 to help identify and advance women and traditionally underrepresented groups to leadership positions. At the end of the first year, 1-4% of these groups moved into leadership roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uber continued its efforts, and by the end of 2022, the company’s global leadership was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n As part of the stated goal to be a more anti-racist company, Uber has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Realizing that ride-sharing can negatively impact the environment, Uber has set goals to help mitigate that damage. By 2030, the company plans to be a zero-emissions mobility platform in Canada, the U.S., and Europe. By 2040, Uber hopes to have 100% of rides be in zero-emissions vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Uber is on its way. By the end of the second quarter of 2022, Uber reported that 26,000 average monthly drivers were using zero-emissions vehicles<\/a> in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uber’s 2022 People and Culture report states that 83% of staff are “proud” to work at Uber, 84% are “passionate” about the company’s mission, and 80% say the company’s values and culture align with their personal values and beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Employee reviews on Comparably are similar. Of the nearly 1,600 reviews, 93% are positive. In addition, 89% of employees look forward to interacting with their team, 91% call their work environment positive, and 80% are happy with their work-life balance<\/a>. Glassdoor has approximately 3,000 reviews from full-time U.S. employees, with an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars<\/a>, which includes ride-share drivers as well as corporate positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, the MIT Culture 500<\/a> finds that the most positively discussed value at Uber is innovation, while the most frequently discussed value is integrity. However, integrity is also discussed the most negatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How does working at Uber compare to working at Uber’s main competitors? Here are head-to-head star ratings (out of five possible stars) from Glassdoor:<\/p>\n\n\n\nGet noticed by top recruiters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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