A job at Uber wasn’t just a job, after all—it was a mission, a calling. If you weren’t ready to stay late at the office and work nights and weekends, you shouldn’t be working at Uber. Company-wide dinner service—a perk that most large Silicon Valley companies offered for those who worked after hours—wasn’t served until 8:15 p.m. That meant you couldn’t work an extra hour after five o’clock and strategically grab a free meal at, say, six on your way out the door. You’d have to work an extra 3.25 hours to get your meal.
