An article summarized by TechCrunch:
Uber is laying off about 3,300 employees, roughly 10% of its global workforce, as part of a major restructuring aimed at making the company leaner and faster. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Uber’s growth has created too many management layers, fragmented teams, and unnecessary complexity, prompting the company to simplify its organizational structure and focus resources on key businesses.
The overhaul will reduce the number of managers by about 20%, with some former managers shifting into individual contributor roles. Uber is also cutting smaller teams, consolidating its engineering, science, and delivery divisions, and combining delivery operations across restaurants, retail, and direct services. According to reports, the company is particularly targeting layers of management far removed from the CEO.
Uber plans to redirect more attention and resources toward its core ride-sharing and delivery businesses, as well as its growing robotaxi ambitions. The company is also dramatically scaling back remote work, with fewer than 1% of employees expected to remain fully remote. Overall, the layoffs represent one of Uber’s biggest organizational shakeups as it tries to operate more efficiently while investing in its next phase of growth.
