Industry Experts from UBER interact with MBAs
08-Sep-2016
UBER Technologies Inc. is an American multinational online
transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco,
California. It develops markets and operates the UBER mobile "app",
which allows consumers with smart phones to submit a trip request, which
the software program then automatically sends to the UBER driver
nearest to the consumer, alerting the driver to the location of the
customer.
Mr. Lester Noronha, Operations Manager & Mr. Vijith Kumar, Associate
Manager addressed the MBAs on the History and Growth Story of UBER,
Roadblocks they faced, Initiatives undertaken by them and also the job
opportunities for the MBAs in their organization. Students were
stimulated to think beyond when their business does not show returns as
expected. UBER faced lot of challenges to survive in the competitive
business world as they only accepted Credit Card payments initially;
however they brought about PAYTM and Cash payments which shoot up their
business. Several initiatives of UBER like UBER POOL, UBER Puppies Day,
UBER Ice-cream Day and the support they provided during Flood in Chennai
won great admiration for the organization. The organization looks for
candidates with a special skill called HUSTLE, if possessed can be a
part of UBER with rewarding compensation and benefits. They were even
urged to apply for part-time positions incase they are interested.
Students were urged to download the UBER APP on their smart phone and
also use the code “MLR2016” in order to get the first free ride.