Uber lays off 10% of its workforce in biggest cut since 2020
CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the overhaul will reduce management layers and move savings into growth, innovation and autonomous vehicle plans.
- 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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In particular, the U.S. company plans to spend up to $10 billion in the next few years on autonomous vehicles, equivalent to its net profit of 2025.
The US platform is embarking on a major global reorganisation aimed at simplifying its structures and reorienting its investments towards the development of autonomous vehicles The Uber platform
Uber is making its biggest staff cuts since the COVID pandemic. It will lay off about 3,300 of its employees, because, as it says, the increase in its robo-taxi services has taken over part of the market. The post Uber to Lay Off 10% of Its Staff – Citing the Rise of Robo-Taxi Services appeared first on in.gr.
Uber fired 10% of its employees in the world and prepares a multimillion dollar investment in robotaxis
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