Has Ola completely given up? Are there actual PMs who work there?
I remember there was a time I’d book a ride both on Uber and Ola, there was not so much to separate them.
Ola is messed up now. Extremely poor app (vs Uber), longer waiting times, higher fares
I know they’re focusing a lot on Ola Electric, but how does a company screw over their core business this way
Is this similar for everyone? Anybody who knows what the strategy Ola now is?
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Most of the good folks have left the core business, it’s just a cash cow, they have stopped deep discounting, launch of new categories etc.
Even maps and routing is kind of broken. Don’t know what top level strategy is, but making such a business profitable is a huge huge task.
Also, most of the folks in product team leave in 8/12 mos, so no longterm ownership of any projects, it keeps on getting exchanged from one person to another eventually no one is really responsible :/
Afaik, the core business is still negative on unit economics. They have been trying to sell it to uber for some time?
I just use Ola or Rapido. And i dont care about the UI at all. As long as the cab or rickshaw comes. And it does.
I think Bhavish has totally given up on ride hailing. The EV space is his baby. And he’s moved on truly. The core Ola business maybe sold off
I feel the supply side is much better in bangalore in my experience