Uber to cut around 3,000 jobs as part of efficiency drive
Uber is restructuring its organization, laying off roughly 10 percent of its workforce and requiring most remote employees to return to an office. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the changes aim to simplify management and speed up decision-making.
Uber has announced a major organizational restructuring that includes laying off about 10 percent of its workforce, roughly 3,000 employees. According to figures cited by CNBC, the company had about 34,000 employees at the end of 2025. Most affected staff have already been notified, except in locations where other legal processes must first be followed.
In a memo to employees, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company is simplifying its team structure and removing layers of management to become "simpler and faster," while freeing up resources for future investment. He noted that Uber's revenue has nearly tripled over roughly the past five years, but that growth has added complexity, with employee surveys showing too much time spent on internal coordination and discussion.
A leaner org chart
To address this, Uber has eliminated many coordination-focused roles, reduced management layers, and merged teams where fragmentation was causing duplication and slowing decisions. Khosrowshahi said the result is a simpler org chart geared toward building rather than managing.
The company is also consolidating its teams into fewer key locations, with global teams based in New York and San Francisco, alongside tech hubs and regional or country-based teams. Additionally, Uber is asking the vast majority of remote employees to move into an office, enforcing a hybrid policy requiring three days a week on-site. Following the changes, only about one percent of employees are expected to work remotely.
Last month, Uber pledged $10 billion toward re-entering the autonomous vehicle space, an area it exited in 2020 when it sold its self-driving division. Khosrowshahi said the difficult decisions are meant to build a stronger company for the years ahead, citing significant financial capacity and growth opportunities.
