Uber lays off 10% of its workforce in biggest cut since 2020
The company said the cuts will reduce management layers by 20% and redirect savings into ride-sharing, delivery and robotaxi investments.
- 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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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.
The company announced on Wednesday that it would eliminate 3300 jobs. A "vast reorganization" that managers justify by the increased competition in the sector of food delivery and investment in robot-taxisThe Uber platform announced on Wednesday that it would separate about 10% of its workforce as part of a vast reorganization that would also see it leave two countries, in the midst of an investment phase for autonomous robot-taxis."Today we are…
Uber is preparing to lay off more than 10% of its workforce, the largest number since the COVID-19 pandemic, to cope with the growth of self-driving taxi services that are encroaching on the ride-hailing market.
Uber laying off ‘about 10%’ of workforce worldwide
Uber has a total of roughly 34,000 employees with operations in more than 70 countries. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: Ride-hailing giant Uber will be laying off around 10% of its staff as part of "significant organisational changes," CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a message to employees released on Wednesday."Today, we're making a number of significant organizational changes across Uber," Khosrowshahi said. "As a result, we will be reducing the siz…
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