Uber lays off 10% of its workforce in biggest cut since 2020
The company said the restructuring will cut 3,300 roles and 20% of managers as it shifts savings into autonomous vehicle partnerships.
- On Wednesday, September 2, 2026, Uber Technologies CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced that the company will cut 3,300 jobs—roughly 10% of its global workforce—as part of a major restructuring aimed at reducing management layers and simplifying operations.
- Uber's rapid expansion over five years created excessive coordination friction, more layers, and fragmented ownership that slowed decision-making. The company aims to become "simpler and faster" by streamlining its organizational structure.
- As part of the overhaul, Uber is cutting 20% of management roles and reducing micro-teams by nearly 50%, while limiting remote work to 1% of its workforce and concentrating teams in New York and San Francisco.
- The restructuring generates savings that Uber intends to reinvest in growth areas—ride-sharing, delivery, and autonomous vehicles—with the company committing more than $10 billion to robotaxi partnerships over coming years.
- Separately, Uber is exiting Nigeria and Uganda effective September 2, 2026, moves that reflect broader tech sector pressures as more than 123,000 employees have been laid off across nearly 290 companies in 2026 alone.
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Uber announces over 3,000 layoffs amid $10B commitment to robotaxi partnerships
Uber is laying off 10% of its workforce, the San Francisco-based company announced Wednesday morning. At the same time, Uber is committing $10 billion to robotaxi partnerships in the coming years.
The world's largest riding platform Uber is streamlined to prepare for the autonomous future: In the future, it will rely more on robotics and drones.
(Los Angeles = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Kyung-yoon = Global ride-sharing service Uber Technologies (hereinafter Uber) has carried out a large-scale restructuring.
The Uber platform announced on Wednesday that it will fire about 10% of its employees in the framework of a wide reorganization in which it also leaves two African countries, in the middle of investing in autonomous robotaxis.
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