GoKawiilUber lays off roughly 3,000 employees to flatten management structure
Uber is cutting about 10 percent of its roughly 34,000-person workforce as part of a reorganization that removes management layers and merges overlapping teams. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told staff the changes aim to reduce coordination overhead and speed up decision-making, while consolidating global teams primarily in New York and San Francisco. The company is also requiring most remote workers to relocate to an office and enforcing its three-day-a-week hybrid policy.
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The cuts come even as Uber's revenue has nearly tripled in five years, showing that rapid growth can create bureaucratic bloat that companies eventually try to unwind. The savings are earmarked for Uber's renewed $10 billion push into autonomous vehicles, signaling where the company sees its next major competitive battle. It also reflects a broader tech-industry trend of trimming middle management and rolling back remote-work flexibility.
- Uber is cutting about 3,000 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce, to simplify management.
- Savings will help fund a new $10 billion investment in autonomous vehicle technology.
- Remote employees are being asked to return to offices under a stricter hybrid policy.
Source: engadget.com — Kris Holt, 2026-09-02
Published there as: “Uber is cutting around 3,000 jobs in the name of efficiency”
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