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Have you ever used Uber/Lyft (1 Viewer)

Have you ever used Uber/Lyft

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I got creative and used uber for work on Friday.
Had an emergency at work, needed parts from my other office (52 miles away)
My guys were leaving for a 4 hour trip to made needed repairs. I had my guy at my other office prepare parts in a small box and was ready to tell him to drive it down to my office as has been done in the past.
I called an uber.
within 70 minutes I had my parts in my hand for $64 instead of paying an employee 1.5 hours each way and .50cents a mile.

When I locked in the driver I called him to give him a heads up he was picking up a small box, not a person to make sure that was cool with him.
He said as long as the box isn't a bomb or drugs he is OK.

win/win

 
comfortably numb said:
cliff notes for lazy people who care enough to want to know but not enough to read 8 pages?
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Sexual harassed essentially from day 1; when she reported it was told nothing would happen and advised to move to another team.  Later found out others were harassed by same dude, nothing done.  Promotions to other teams denied despite perfect work record.  Eventually harasser was fired.  More drama.  All within 1 year.  

Just seems like a lot in 1 year to me, but in fairness, things probably do move at rocket speed in Silicon Valley compared to traditional corporate culture in SoCal. :shrug:

 
Uber was just on the CBS Evening News because the CEO, Travis Kalanick, got into it with a driver who had a dashcam recording the argument. Apparently Kalanick issued an apology to his employees stating that he is now willing to admit that he needs leadership help. 

CBS also mentioned Uber was sued last week for stealing self driving car secrets. 

Sex scandals... stealing secrets... a CEO who needs help.... what a f'd up company. 

 
Politician Spock said:
Uber was just on the CBS Evening News because the CEO, Travis Kalanick, got into it with a driver who had a dashcam recording the argument. Apparently Kalanick issued an apology to his employees stating that he is now willing to admit that he needs leadership help. 

CBS also mentioned Uber was sued last week for stealing self driving car secrets. 

Sex scandals... stealing secrets... a CEO who needs help.... what a f'd up company. 
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We actually know the guy this revolves around, and are not surprised. I think he's an #######. Just desserts for him. 

 
This is why I drive for both uber and lyft at the same time instead of just uber.  At least if one does something to hurt business I can still stay busy.

 
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Uber's President and No 2 Executive (2nd only to CEO Travis Kalanick) quit over the weekend stating: "“It is now clear, however, that the beliefs and approach to leadership that have guided my career are inconsistent with what I saw and experienced at Uber, and I can no longer continue as president of the ride-sharing business,”

Here is the running list of 2017 departures at Uber:

  • Jeff Jones, Uber president
  • Brian McClendon, Uber vice president of maps
  • Gary Marcus, Uber AI Labs director
  • Raffi Krikorian, senior director of engineering at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Center
  • Charlie Miller, senior engineer of Uber’s autonomous driving division
  • Ed Baker, Uber’s vice president of product and growth
  • Amit Singhal, Uber’s senior vice president of engineering


To be honest, I'm not sure why this is surprising. If you do a google search on RedSwoosh, the same kind of mass exodus occurred there. Why would anyone expect the next Kalanick run venture to be run any different. He was an ###hole at RedSwoosh. And he's an ###hole at Uber.  :coffee:

 
Politician Spock said:
Uber's President and No 2 Executive (2nd only to CEO Travis Kalanick) quit over the weekend stating: "“It is now clear, however, that the beliefs and approach to leadership that have guided my career are inconsistent with what I saw and experienced at Uber, and I can no longer continue as president of the ride-sharing business,”

Here is the running list of 2017 departures at Uber:

  • Jeff Jones, Uber president
  • Brian McClendon, Uber vice president of maps
  • Gary Marcus, Uber AI Labs director
  • Raffi Krikorian, senior director of engineering at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Center
  • Charlie Miller, senior engineer of Uber’s autonomous driving division
  • Ed Baker, Uber’s vice president of product and growth
  • Amit Singhal, Uber’s senior vice president of engineering


To be honest, I'm not sure why this is surprising. If you do a google search on RedSwoosh, the same kind of mass exodus occurred there. Why would anyone expect the next Kalanick run venture to be run any different. He was an ###hole at RedSwoosh. And he's an ###hole at Uber.  :coffee:
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unfortunately he is going to be a mutli/multi billionaire #####. the concept has changed all of our lives (at least those of us that used to take taxi's).  Arguably he has actually made it safer for most of us as well (I know that I take uber frequently when I know that I am going to drink).  Still not a excuse for the terrible work environment.  On a side note, why would anyone work there if it is so bad?  This is a free country where you are able to change jobs if you don't like it.   

 
I was in an Uber the other day and decided to hook up my business American Express card to my account. I went to pay with it, and it asked if I wanted to use my points (this is my business card, and it's been at least 5 years since I even remembered this card had points). I said Yes. It then told me I had $1,673 worth of points I could use for Uber.

So basically, I have free Uber the rest of my life. :pickle:  

 
Another executive joins the exodus from Uber.

Rachel Whetstone, Head of Policy and Communications, left yesterday. She led communications of Google for a decade before joining Uber in 2015. Two years trying to hide what an ####### Kalanick is probably took a toll on her. 

To be clear, I like the service Uber provides and I think they could be a great company... if they were led by someone other than Travis Kalanick. He is destroying a great company. 

 
I've ditched Uber.  Lost my job end of January and thought I'd give driving a shot.   Signed up to drive folks around and for Uber Delivery, where you pick up and drop off packages and the like.  I was explicit, however, that I wanted *no* part of Uber Eats (where you pick up and deliver food).  I've done that sort of thing before and wanted no part of Uber's version.

So, what does Uber put me in?  That's right, Uber Eats and nothing else.  After 4 days of back and forth with obviously offshore support staff, I gave up.  Took me 5 minutes to sign up for Lyft and drove for them for a bit until I learned that I couldn't do it and get unemployment simultaneously.  

Oh, and 2 weeks later I get a food delivery bag from Uber and found that they had canceled my rider account. :lol:

 
Politician Spock said:
Another executive joins the exodus from Uber.

Rachel Whetstone, Head of Policy and Communications, left yesterday. She led communications of Google for a decade before joining Uber in 2015. Two years trying to hide what an ####### Kalanick is probably took a toll on her. 

To be clear, I like the service Uber provides and I think they could be a great company... if they were led by someone other than Travis Kalanick. He is destroying a great company. 
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didn't he create a great company.....do you think a spade was ever anything but a spade?  just asking?

 
nirad3 said:
I've ditched Uber.  Lost my job end of January and thought I'd give driving a shot.   Signed up to drive folks around and for Uber Delivery, where you pick up and drop off packages and the like.  I was explicit, however, that I wanted *no* part of Uber Eats (where you pick up and deliver food).  I've done that sort of thing before and wanted no part of Uber's version.

So, what does Uber put me in?  That's right, Uber Eats and nothing else.  After 4 days of back and forth with obviously offshore support staff, I gave up.  Took me 5 minutes to sign up for Lyft and drove for them for a bit until I learned that I couldn't do it and get unemployment simultaneously.  

Oh, and 2 weeks later I get a food delivery bag from Uber and found that they had canceled my rider account. :lol:
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So rather than work you decided to leech off unemployment?

 
Sorry to hear Uber sucks as a company. Their product is still killing it for me though, nothing but good service.

Signed up for the Uber Food thing. Was in a weird part of Burbank in a hotel and just wanted to watch the Masters - somehow ended up with almost $40 in Panda Express brought to me in like 40 minutes :lol:

Except for the regret I felt after eating almost all of it it was pretty awesome.

 
sbonomo said:
didn't he create a great company.....do you think a spade was ever anything but a spade?  just asking?
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I think an ####### is never anything but an #######.

The guy is a genius at technology. That's why his first company Scour had great technology. That's why his second company RedSwoosh had great technology. And that's why his third company Uber has great technology. However, when it comes to dealing with people, he is the biggest **** you could ever meet. The company has a ton of customers because people want to use his technology, not because he created a great company. He should never be more than a CTO. A person qualified to be a CEO would make Uber a great company. 

 
Politician Spock said:
I think an ####### is never anything but an #######.

The guy is a genius at technology. That's why his first company Scour had great technology. That's why his second company RedSwoosh had great technology. And that's why his third company Uber has great technology. However, when it comes to dealing with people, he is the biggest **** you could ever meet. The company has a ton of customers because people want to use his technology, not because he created a great company. He should never be more than a CTO. A person qualified to be a CEO would make Uber a great company. 
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I completely disagree. If you think ceos are nice guys, generally speaking, we live in two different worlds.  

 
sbonomo said:
I completely disagree. If you think ceos are nice guys, generally speaking, we live in two different worlds.  
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That's a strawman argument. I never insinuated CEO's are nice. By calling Kalanick an #######, at best I insinuated that CEO's aren't #######s, which is an insinuation I would defend to a degree. While some, maybe even most of them, are #######s, as a CEO they have an obligation to not act like one in public, a concept Kalanick has even admitted he needs to learn. 

 
Politician Spock said:
That's a strawman argument. I never insinuated CEO's are nice. By calling Kalanick an #######, at best I insinuated that CEO's aren't #######s, which is an insinuation I would defend to a degree. While some, maybe even most of them, are #######s, as a CEO they have an obligation to not act like one in public, a concept Kalanick has even admitted he needs to learn. 
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I was actually just answering your ascertation that he isn't fit to a CEO because he is an #######.  By the way was doesn't qualify him as a CEO?  He has built two extremely successful companies.  

 
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Let's take another company with a laundry list of complaints and a complete Richard as a CEO  like amazon or IKEA.  Are there respective CEO's not world they as well?

 
sbonomo said:
I was actually just answering your ascertain that he isn't fit to a CEO because he is an #######.  By the way was doesn't qualify him as a CEO?  He has built two extremely successful companies.  
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LOL!!!! His first company was sued into bankruptcy. His second company had such a mass exodus of talent and leadership that it had to settle for Akamai's offer. If it weren't for his inability to work with others, RedSwoosh would have kept it's talent on staff and been bought for 10 times more. The same mass exodus of talent and leadership that occurred at RedSwoosh is occurring again at Uber. Same CEO, same behavior. Like you said earlier, a spade is always a spade. 

 
Politician Spock said:
LOL!!!! His first company was sued into bankruptcy. His second company had such a mass exodus of talent and leadership that it had to settle for Akamai's offer. If it weren't for his inability to work with others, RedSwoosh would have kept it's talent on staff and been bought for 10 times more. The same mass exodus of talent and leadership that occurred at RedSwoosh is occurring again at Uber. Same CEO, same behavior. Like you said earlier, a spade is always a spade. 
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You know that uber has a 50bn+ valuation right!  Pretty stupid guy obviuosly

 
Politician Spock said:
You know RedSwoosh was valued at $100+ million at one time, right? It sold for only $19 million after Kalanick pissed off all the talent and leadership, who then left. 
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so you think uber is going to be worth $9.5 BN?  Good luck with that one.  Even at $19MM, do you know many people that were able to create something worth that?  I am still not clear why you don't think he is not CEO worthy but I guess we can agree to disagree.  

 
sbonomo said:
so you think uber is going to be worth $9.5 BN?  Good luck with that one.  Even at $19MM, do you know many people that were able to create something worth that?  I am still not clear why you don't think he is not CEO worthy but I guess we can agree to disagree.  
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I think he is not CEO worthy for the same reason so many executives are leaving Uber. 

 
Don't Noonan said:
Yeah, still have never used Uber.  I can't think of a reason to use unless I am traveling.
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Number one use is for me is when traveling they replace taxis in towns where they suck (which is most towns I have been to except NY).

At home going out to a bar, going to games, going anywhere around town where you don't want to mess with parking.

 
RokNRole said:
I think you need to chillax dude

who took a dump in your cereal bowl?
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I have yet to read a single post of yours that was either intelligent, thoughtful, clever, funny, or even minutely sincere. Nobody likes you. I have no respect for you, and wish you would leave, and never come back... preferably due to dying in a fire. I only have a handful of dooshy scumbags on my ignore list, but you are now deservingly on it.

 
EYLive said:
I have yet to read a single post of yours that was either intelligent, thoughtful, clever, funny, or even minutely sincere. Nobody likes you. I have no respect for you, and wish you would leave, and never come back... preferably due to dying in a fire. I only have a handful of dooshy scumbags on my ignore list, but you are now deservingly on it.
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I'm sorry to hear about your learning disability

 
The General said:
Teh Uber thread takes a dark turn.
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:lol:

Uber can suck it.  Back on track.

And yeah it's totally revolutionized the whole "going out" thing.   There's a watering hole down at the beach I love to go to on Sundays during NFL.  Cheaper to Uber/Lyft there and back than it is to pay for parking garage for 3-4 hours while I watch some NFL and have a few beers.  

 
kutta said:
That's actually pretty ####### brilliant.
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True. But not only did it screw over Uber drivers that weren't also driving for Lyft, it's obviously a violation of Lyft's platform, so all Lyft's lawyers have to do is ask Lyft how much in damages do they want to ask the court for. 

 
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