Uber Is Laying Off 10% of Its Workforce
Uber is laying off about 3,300 employees, or roughly 10% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring aimed at cutting management layers and redirecting investment toward ridesharing, delivery, and robotaxis. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced the changes in an internal email that was also published online.TechCrunch reports: According to the email, the layoffs are part of a restructuring exercise…
Uber is reducing its workforce by approximately 3,300 employees, or around 10%, as part of a restructuring effort to minimize management layers and allocate more resources towards ridesharing, delivery, and robotaxis. The decision to lay off workers was communicated to staff through an internal email, subsequently shared on external platforms like TechCrunch.
According to the company's internal memo, the layoffs aim to decrease the count of managers by 20%, with some individuals in these managerial positions transitioning to full-time contributors. Uber is also planning to shrink the number of smaller teams, eliminating those consisting of just one or two members. The company intends to let go of personnel who are more than seven hierarchical levels away from the CEO.
In terms of operational restructuring, Uber plans to merge its engineering, science, and delivery divisions, as well as consolidate delivery operations across various sectors like restaurants, retail, and direct services. Moreover, the company is moving away from remote work, allowing only less than 1% of its staff to continue working remotely.
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