Overview
- Uber announced Wednesday that it will eliminate roughly 3,300 corporate roles, about 10% of its global headcount, and has already begun notifying affected employees.
- The plan flattens management by about 20%, halves one‑ and two‑person “micro‑teams,” and reduces roles more than seven layers below the CEO by roughly 20%.
- Teams will be consolidated, including merging restaurant, retail and direct delivery operations and combining Core Services Engineering and Science groups to cut duplication and speed decisions.
- The company will sharply limit remote work by capping fully remote eligibility at about 1% of staff and enforcing a three‑day‑in‑office hybrid policy with hubs in cities like New York and San Francisco.
- Uber says savings from the reorganization will be reinvested in core services, support for drivers and merchants, and a multibillion-dollar push into autonomous vehicles that the company has signaled through partnerships and investments.