Uber makes more cuts to self-driving and Eats teams
Uber is making a third round of staff cuts this year, according to a company-wide email from CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, which was first reported by CNBC. The company is laying off about 350 employees, or around 1.5 percent of its workforce, with cuts affecting the self-driving and Uber Eats teams, among others. An undisclosed number of employees are also being asked to relocate, according to the email.
Uber laid off around 400 employees from its marketing team in July following a lackluster initial public offering, and cut an additional 435 workers in September.
The new round of cuts are the “last wave of a process we began months ago,” Khosrowshahi said in the email. “We all have to play a part by establishing a new normal in how we work:...