Uber plans 3,300 corporate job cuts as it flattens management

Uber plans to eliminate about 3,300 corporate jobs, roughly 10% of its global workforce, while cutting management layers built during its expansion, The Guardian reported.

The restructuring reaches into Uber’s org chart as well as its payroll. Teams with only one or two direct reports will be reduced by nearly half, and the number of employees seven or more reporting layers below CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will fall by 20%, according to Reuters. Uber had about 34,000 employees globally at the end of 2025, Reuters reported, citing its annual report.

Uber is also folding delivery operations across the restaurant, retail and direct divisions into one team, according to Fortune. “Running these three businesses separately made sense in their early days, but that structure is no longer serving us at scale,” Khosrowshahi wrote to employees, Fortune reported.

Khosrowshahi said the savings would be reinvested in growth, innovation and future capabilities, according to Reuters. Uber’s investment plans include more than $10 billion for robotaxis in the coming years, backing autonomous-driving developers as it seeks to become a marketplace for driverless rides.

The restructuring tightens where corporate employees work, too. More staff will be concentrated in hubs including New York and San Francisco, CNBC reported. Fully remote roles will be limited to about 1% of staff, while Uber’s existing three-day office policy remains in place, according to Reuters.

Affected employees have been notified, though some countries have local processes to follow, The Guardian reported. The cuts are Uber’s largest since 2020, when it shed 6,700 jobs as the pandemic depressed demand for rides.