Uber lays off 10% of its workforce in biggest cut since 2020
- On Wednesday, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced Uber would eliminate 3,300 corporate positions—roughly 10% of its global workforce—to reduce management layers by 20% and cut 'micro-teams' by nearly half.
- Uber's revenue nearly tripled over five years as the company expanded products and markets, but rapid growth created excessive management layers, fragmented ownership and coordination overhead that no longer served operations at scale.
- Staff positioned seven or more layers below the CEO face 20% reductions, while delivery operations consolidate restaurant, retail and direct units into single-threaded teams across global, regional and country levels.
- Uber is concentrating global teams in New York and San Francisco while limiting remote work to roughly 1%, requiring most employees to work in offices at least three days per week.
- The restructuring accompanies Uber's exit from Nigeria and Uganda effective September 2, 2026, ending 12 years of operations in Nigeria since its 2014 Lagos launch as the company consolidates into higher-yield markets.
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Uber made a restructuring that led to the dismissal of 10% of its overall workforce.
Uber has made the significant decision to lay off 3,300 employees. The company now aims to operate faster with fewer people and less management, while also betting heavily on the future of AI and robotics.
The US multinational transport services Uber announced the cessation of its operations in Nigeria and Uganda after “revising its business priorities”, coinciding with a reduction of about 10% of its workforce, although it said it maintains its “compromise” with sub-Saharan Africa. “After a thorough analysis, we have made the difficult decision to stop ... Continue reading “Uber leaves two countries of Africa and disengages more than three thousa…
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