Uber lays off 3,300 employees in largest cuts since the pandemic

The layoffs aim to streamline management layers and simplify team structures, says Uber’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.Published On 2 Sep 20262 Sep 2026Uber Technologies has laid off 3,300 employees, or 10 percent of its workforce, marking the largest cuts to the ride-hailing company’s headcount since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.In a memo to employees on Wednesday, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that the cuts were part of wider efforts reducing layers of management and “simplifying team structures” as the company looks to “build the autonomous future” as well as “invest even more in drivers, couriers and merchants”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4US opens probe after a Waymo self-driving car hit a child near a schoollist 2 of 4Family sues Tesla for wrongful death in Autopilot crash in Texas, USlist 3 of 4Amazon’s Zoox secures US federal approval for steering-wheel-free robotaxislist 4 of 4‘Surveillance pricing’: Why you might be paying more than your neighbourend of listThe company will also cut in half the number of “micro-teams” in which managers only had one or two direct employees, according to the memo.“A leaner organisation will mean clearer ownership, faster decisi...