Uber Cuts 3,300 Jobs: Uber Announces Global Layoffs Affecting 3,300 Employees

Uber Cuts 3,300 Jobs: Uber Technologies is cutting around 3,300 jobs worldwide as the company begins another round of restructuring. The reduction represents about 10 percent of its workforce and is aimed mainly at simplifying the way the company is organised.

CEO Dara Khosrowshahi outlined the changes in an email to employees. Workers in most countries have already been informed, while locations where local employment rules apply will follow the required procedures.

A major part of the restructuring involves management. Uber plans to reduce its management ranks by about 20 percent, according to a company representative. Some managers could move into individual contributor roles, although the company has not said how many positions will be affected in each category.

The company is also cutting back on several layers of its organisational structure. Khosrowshahi said the number of employees positioned more than seven reporting levels below the CEO will be reduced by about 20 percent. Small teams consisting of only one or two people are expected to fall by nearly half.

Uber says the changes come after the company added more layers as it expanded. Those extra levels helped with coordination during its growth phase, but the company now believes the structure has become unnecessarily complicated.

The restructuring will leave Uber with roughly 30,000 employees. That would bring its workforce close to the level seen in 2021, when the company also employed around that number of people.

The ride sharing giant is also making a significant change to its work arrangements. Uber has largely moved away from remote working and plans to allow only about 1 percent of employees to work remotely in the future. Most staff will be expected to work from company offices.

The latest job cuts come as Uber reviews spending and investments across ride sharing, delivery and robotaxi operations. The company has not directly linked the layoffs to artificial intelligence, although it has been looking to expand the use of AI across its operations.

For Uber, the restructuring is less about one business line and more about changing how the company operates as it moves into its next phase of growth.