In April 2015, Uber Eats made its debut in Chicago, LA, and New York City, letting people enjoy on-demand deliciousness. This month, we’re celebrating our anniversary by hearing what drew Heath, Katie, Felipe, and Courtney to the team and what’s on the menu for the next six years.
Last January, two former professional athletes, a teacher, chef, and eight others joined together in a virtual classroom to form the second cohort of our Talent Acquisition Academy Program. In just a few months, they would go from having little-to-no Recruiting experience into full-time Sourcers—nimble scouts responsible for finding talent to fill roles across Uber.
Azarias Reda, PhD has been named one of Time Magazine’s “12 New Faces of Black Leadership” and the CTO of a major political party, so it might surprise you to learn that he once intended to remain in academia. Today, Azarias leads the Experimentation API team responsible for testing out new ideas–-helping bring what’s new from teams across Uber to life.
Looking for ways to drive your growth? "Employee Resource Groups can be hugely important as a way to advance your career and make a real difference in the lives of others," shares Camiel Irving, Senior Manager, Central Operations and member of our Black at Uber ERG. Meet Camiel and learn how she drives her growth by participating in ERGs and extracurriculars #lifeatUber →
Looking to drive your own growth? Here are Uber’s four tips to developing a growth mindset:
Dom Narducci joined Uber in 2010 as an intern and the third person in the office. Today, he’s as passionate and optimistic as ever about Uber’s future: “The opportunity has never been bigger, nor have we ever been closer to achieving it. I continue to feel engaged and excited by the work happening at Uber broadly, and how I contribute directly.”
"No day is the same and it pushes me to learn a lot in a short amount of time. It combines a startup feel (e.g., you can email the CEO and get a reply) with many of the advantages of working for a larger company (e.g., we have excellent data engineering teams to support our data science work)." - Juan Manuel Contreras, Data Science Manager
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